A group of Christians in the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys are protesting the bankruptcy reform bill introduced by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa as being at odds with the biblical mandates for charity and debt-forgiveness.
But Grassley — a 100% Christian Coalition rankee; a stalwart social conservative (supporting measures such as H.R. 235, the “pulpit tax” bill that would allow religious leaders to endorse political candidates from the pulpit and the strict adherence to abstinence-only sex education); and associate of The Fellowship Foundation — took this moment to remember the separation of church and state, responding that biblical requirements do not a U.S. law make. “‘I can’t listen to Christian lawyers because I would be imposing the Bible on a diverse population,'” said Grassley, adding that “‘the Constitution does not provide for a theocracy.'”