In his Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama seems to have taken it upon himself to update the greatest achievement in the history of the English language—the King James Bible. He was reaching for John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” A beautiful, immortal, and holy phrase. But not gender-neutral. So here’s how it came out: “Greater love has no other than this, than to lay down your life for your friends.”
The Scrapbook wishes to thank our commander in chief for reminding us that, even at the most solemn moment, it is always more important to be politically correct than it is to be grammatically correct or even biblically correct. But, then again, we are as clay in His hands.
