Colorado Springs: What happens to a city when religion trumps government

Catherine Durkin Robinson is a handful, creating quite a scene over at Out in Left Field.

Conservatives like to talk of the need for more religion and less government in our communities. They long to live in a world where their brand of Christianity is represented on every street corner. They refer to taxes as if paying anything for streets and schools is an act worse than women in the workforce and homosexuality combined. Fundamentalists preach a gospel that combines the sweet mixture of Jesus, intolerance, salvation and a guaranteed tax-exempt status.

“It will save the world,” they say.

Sometimes you want to tell them to fly to the moon, right?

Now you can suggest a more fitting destination.

Tell them to move to Colorado Springs.