Well, since Michael Kitch is seemingly starting a media barrage against the Conservative NH State Reps in the Belknap County Delegation (he has another LtE today and so does his ideological brother, sr. advisor to the Citizens for Belknap, I figured I should go to that battleground and correct the former Sun reporter. So I just sent this in (Wednesday, 3:30 pm so it may be a day or so to appear IF they run it).
To the Editor,
A response to Mike Kitch (7/12/22) where he tries to drag NH State Rep Gregg Hough over “separation of Church and State” but only puts a big bruise on his nose from the resulting faceplant.
It seems that Kitch needs the remedial reading comprehension that he accuses Hough of missing. Hough correctly points out that “separation of church and State” does NOT appear in our Constitution. In truth, it only appears in Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury, CT Baptist Assoc. Kitch thought it would be a cudgel against Hough – instead, he missed and hit himself. What he took out of context (par for the course) was Hough was talking about the failure of our public education to correctly and deeply teach basic Civics concerning our foundational political philosophy and documents (which Kitch dislikes – we’ve “talked”).
The First Amendment talks about ALL denominations – not just singling one out.
Secondarily, Kitch seeming has no idea where the any Dept of Justice sits in our government including the Federal one:
“Hough also writes “Enforcement of those laws is for the executive branch, the president.” Perhaps in Magaland, but in the real world there is the Department of Justice.”
Last time I looked, all Departments of Justice ARE part of the Executive Branch under the leadership of the current President (or Governors at the State level) so Hough was correct – that IS its role. And as much of a Socialist like Kitch may wish otherwise, because of that hierarchy, the Executive Branch IS supposed to enforce the laws.
Perhaps Kitch needs a remedial course – I’d be happy to oblige especially if he is going to write more about the Citizens of Belknap revenge PAC.
Skip Murphy
Gilford
Let’s see if they print it, shall we? My previous take on his LtE here.
Hey Steve, I actually wrote short (290 words out of the measly 300-word Sun LtE limit)!
