Harry Smith reveals unexpected threat facing hurricane evacuees

By Aussiegirl

CBS morning anchor Harry Smith, in the finest traditions of muckraking journalism, has uncovered a heretofore unknown danger which potentially threatens hurricane evacuees. With unerring courage and insight he zeroed in this morning on a potentially explosive problem which may have far-reaching implications for the future of our country, and for the very foundations of our democracy, much less the safety and well-being of evacuees.

What, you ask, is this terrifying specter? This horrific threat which lurks on the horizon, subtly threatening the very existence and soul of each survivor?

Why -- it is Christianity, my friend. That's right. Here you thought that Christian charities and churches were on the scene from the very first day. That it was Christian churches that had set up field kitchens and whose volunteers were going door to door in boats rescuing people. That it was Christian churches who were the first responders, sending in truckloads of water, food, fuel, generators and other relief supplies. That it was Christian churches who were donating money and making plans to take in evacuees and help them to rebuild their lives.

But Harry Smith sees a sinister plot. Here is the paraphrased question he put to the head of a Christian church charity involved in the hurricane relief. He asked if there wasn't a "danger" that people who were helped by Christian families would not face the possibility of being "proselytized" -- he further darkly explored the scenario whereby the Christian family would say to the evacuees -- "If you do not attend church with us on Sunday we will not feed you or your children." He worried that evacuees might be exposed to the Christian faith or to Bibles.

He might as well have said "Why, children, didn't you know that Christians kill and eat heathen children who refuse to attend church?"

Lord, save us from the journalists among us!