First of all, it’s so wonderful to see Ms. Noonan writing her syndicated column again! I love viewing the world through her words and appreciate the insight she brings with every article she publishes.

Ms. Noonan scored yet another direct hit in her most recent article, It’s Policy, Not Poetry, published yesterday on Opinionjournal.com. She aptly addresses an issue that seemed to confound so many Democratic leaders during this last election; the issue of faith and religious values.

Many (not all) DNC leaders have spent the past several weeks expressing their confusion over this issue of “values.” The irony is, when you hear them speak on the topic, you can literally hear the quotation marks around that word. Here is their great mistake — which Ms. Noonan so aptly points out — while they do seem open to the “faith and religion” thing, they are not enthusiastic about it. When asked about issues of faith, morality, and values in general, their reply seems to be more along the lines of “whatever.”

President Bush, on the other hand, loves God. He doesn’t love his faith, or the idea of faith, he loves God. And to those of us who also love God, whether Jew, or Christian, or Muslim, we hear the sincerity of his words when he tells us that our prayers “uplift him,” and strengthen him.

When Senator Kerry spoke on this issue, he constantly reiterated that it was not for him to “impose” his moral values on anyone else. He might just as well have said, “yeah, whatever,” when asked about issues of faith and religion.

We are not asking elected officials to “impose” any given set of values on America, we are asking them to help prevent secularists from imposing THEIR values on America. We are asking them to uphold the principles of the Constitution, not undermine them in the name of political correctness.

At the very least, stop watching from the sidelines while liberal judges reinterpret the Constitution in an effort to sterilize society from all religion and faith. Stop defending the rights of the few to impose their secular faith upon the vast majority of Americans. We Americans treasure our freedom of religion and expression and we have no intention of confining our beliefs to a dark closet somewhere in our homes.

To those with whom faith and religion are important, this is a no-brainer. To many (not all) leaders within the Democratic Party, however, it seems as obscure and symbolic a language as ancient Egyptian Heiroglyphics… Yeah, whatever!