The American Family Association is all worked up by Rosie O’Donnell telling “The View” viewers, “Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have separation of church and state.”

Founder Donald Wildman wrote, in a mass email, “O’Donnell was saying there is no difference between the radical Muslims who kill in the name of Allah and Bible-believing Christians who follow the teachings of Jesus.” He urged Christians to email “ABC that O’Donnell’s comments deserve an apology and a reprimand.”

I’m not sure that’s the right attitude. Didn’t Jesus say, “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 5:11).

So like Baalam’s curse of the Israelites turning into a blessing, isn’t O’Donnell blessing followers of Jesus and providing a great reward in heaven? The truly “radical Christian” thing to do, might just be to email O’Donnell a thank you note.