Intellectual Conservative takes higher-brow-than-thou columnist Kathleen Parker to task for the contempt she has displayed toward “In God We Trust” Republicans, including “Enlightened Redneck Of The Year” Sarah Palin, by highlighting just how many “rednecks” in history have had good things to say about the Bible and religion.

The names on the Bible appreciation list include Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, Thomas Huxley, Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley and even modern atheist Christopher Hitchens. Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan are fans, too.

So, the next time Hollywood (or Kathleen Parker) tries to convince you that those Bible-loving Christians are bad for the GOP, remind them that Oklahoma’s “rednecks” are in good company.

Amen to that.