They had to look the other way
To overlook some faults,
Some minor slanders, lies, adulteries, perversions well beyond risqué,
And sexual assaults,
To have their candidate elected,
True representative
Self-aggrandizing, self-absorbed, vain, boastful, vulgar, criminally-connected,
And avaricious (take or give)—
You can say the Religious Right
First compromised a little,
Backslid, ignored, abetted, euphemized, excused, colluded, hid the light,
And changed church wine for spittle,
Then had to make greater concessions
And compromised a lot:
It shuns all justice, virtue, truth, compassion, fair play, ethics, spirit’s essence
For three words: “Don’t get caught.”
Thus goes religiosity,
Ye evangelicals,
Disdaining tolerance, fomenting prejudice and animosity:
Your God is something else!