"'Let us pray for those ravaged by this disaster. However, we must not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long,' Marcavage said. 'May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God.'"

The political left in America has never been able to overcome its touchy-queasy aversion to all things God. Make that the Judeo-Christian God. The occult is fine. Islam is fine. Buddha is fine. In fact, anything but the Bible God is fine. Well, as the pictures coming out of New Orleans demonstrate, there is a real-life price to be paid for America's failure to teach the rules of the social contract. Unfortunately, the bill often comes due at the most inconvenient time. And it's not always payable in money alone.