Religions > Atheism > State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion
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03 Mar 2006 08:59:08 AM |
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State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
Reprinted in full from
http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html
State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri’s official religion
12:28 AM CST on Friday, March 3, 2006
By John Mills, News 4
Missouri legislators in Jefferson City considered a bill that would name
Christianity the state's official "majority" religion.
House Concurrent Resolution 13 has is pending in the state legislature.
Many Missouri residents had not heard about the bill until Thursday.
Karen Aroesty of the Anti-defamation league, along with other
watch-groups, began a letter writing and email campaign to stop the
resolution.
The resolution would recognize "a Christian god," and it would not
protect minority religions, but "protect the majority's right to express
their religious beliefs.
The resolution also recognizes that, "a greater power exists," and only
Christianity receives what the resolution calls, "justified
recognition."
State representative David Sater of Cassville in southwestern Missouri,
sponsored the resolution, but he has refused to talk about it on camera
or over the phone.
KMOV also contacted Gov. Matt Blunt's office to see where he stands on
the resolution, but he has yet to respond.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
KiltWear - http://www.cafepress.com/KiltWear
"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary,
in
the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary,
self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very
definition
of tyranny." - James Madison, _The Federalist_, #47
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
03 Mar 2006 11:59:15 AM |
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"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:440859BC.764EA5D4@serv.net...
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
wow.....
the fact they won't protect minority rights is what is really disturbing for
me. surely the whole reason they are *in* america was because their
ancestors were in the minority in the land of origin and didn't have protect
rights?
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| User: "Rick" |
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
04 Mar 2006 03:52:24 AM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote in message <440859BC.764EA5D4@serv.net>...
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
Reprinted in full from
http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f
..html
This is not what it is purported to be...
http://www.streetprophets.com/story/2006/3/3/105733/9654
Please note that I am not saying that I approve of the bill, or that you all
should approve of the bill, or that the bill is just fine. Maybe some asshat
journalist or headline writer should have read the bill first. Or maybe some
folks, asshats and otherwise, should have read the article and bill more
carefully.
- Rick
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| User: "jwk" |
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
03 Mar 2006 02:35:18 PM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
Reprinted in full from
http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html
State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion
12:28 AM CST on Friday, March 3, 2006
By John Mills, News 4
Missouri legislators in Jefferson City considered a bill that would name
Christianity the state's official "majority" religion.
They know this will never fly. They must figure this will hit the
Supreme Court right around re-election time.
jwk
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
04 Mar 2006 12:02:07 AM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
Reprinted in full from
http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html
State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion
Yeah, and the native Americans arrived after the white people
and the blacks moved there from Africa in 1960.
Bob Dog
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Text of resolution (Was: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri'sofficial religion) |
03 Mar 2006 09:39:04 AM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
Reprinted in full from
http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html
State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri’s official religion
12:28 AM CST on Friday, March 3, 2006
By John Mills, News 4
Missouri legislators in Jefferson City considered a bill that would name
Christianity the state's official "majority" religion.
House Concurrent Resolution 13 has is pending in the state legislature.
Many Missouri residents had not heard about the bill until Thursday.
Karen Aroesty of the Anti-defamation league, along with other
watch-groups, began a letter writing and email campaign to stop the
resolution.
The resolution would recognize "a Christian god," and it would not
protect minority religions, but "protect the majority's right to express
their religious beliefs.
The resolution also recognizes that, "a greater power exists," and only
Christianity receives what the resolution calls, "justified
recognition."
State representative David Sater of Cassville in southwestern Missouri,
sponsored the resolution, but he has refused to talk about it on camera
or over the phone.
KMOV also contacted Gov. Matt Blunt's office to see where he stands on
the resolution, but he has yet to respond.
From http://www.house.mo.gov/bills061/biltxt/intro/HCR0013I.htm
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 13
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
4572L.02I
Whereas, our forefathers of this great nation of the United States
recognized a Christian God and used the principles afforded to us by Him as the
founding principles of our nation; and
Whereas, as citizens of this great nation, we the majority also wish to
exercise our constitutional right to acknowledge our Creator and give thanks for the
many gifts provided by Him; and
Whereas, as elected officials we should protect the majority's right to
express their religious beliefs while showing respect for those who object; and
Whereas, we wish to continue the wisdom imparted in the Constitution of
the United States of America by the founding fathers; and
Whereas, we as elected officials recognize that a Greater Power exists
above and beyond the institutions of mankind:
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the members of the House of
Representatives of the Ninety-third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
Senate concurring therein, that we stand with the majority of our constituents and
exercise the common sense that voluntary prayer in public schools and religious
displays on public property are not a coalition of church and state, but rather the
justified recognition of the positive role that Christianity has played in this
great nation of ours, the United States of America.
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
KiltWear - http://www.cafepress.com/KiltWear
"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in
the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary,
self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition
of tyranny." - James Madison, _The Federalist_, #47
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Text of resolution (Was: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion) |
03 Mar 2006 10:43:40 AM |
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"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:44086318.18254BC3@serv.net...
Gregory Gadow wrote:
Someone send these asshats a copy of the Constitution, please. Make sure
it includes the Bill of Rights, with the First Amendment underlined.
Well, at least they're not trying to conceal their ultimate purpose anymore.
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
04 Mar 2006 12:35:55 AM |
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In <440859BC.764EA5D4@serv.net>, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote:
State representative David Sater of Cassville in southwestern Missouri,
sponsored the resolution, but he has refused to talk about it on camera or
over the phone.
Mmmm... courage of conviction...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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I just love this...
"For those of us who grew up in Louisiana,
'The Wizard of Oz' was like a documentary.
Dorothy left Kansas and simply went to Mardi Gras."
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W2EA439BC
Um... didn't foresee what exactly?
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5CA129BC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
04 Mar 2006 05:58:34 PM |
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On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:35:55 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
In <440859BC.764EA5D4@serv.net>, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote:
State representative David Sater of Cassville in southwestern Missouri,
sponsored the resolution, but he has refused to talk about it on camera or
over the phone.
Mmmm... courage of conviction...
in a court of law.
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Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion |
03 Mar 2006 02:29:18 PM |
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In article <440859BC.764EA5D4@serv.net>, says...
The resolution would recognize "a Christian god,"
Which one. There are over 20,000 sects of Christianity alone, many of
which are found in the south where ever baptist preacher sets up his own
version of xianity.
and it would not
protect minority religions, but "protect the majority's right to express
their religious beliefs.
Assuming that there is any belief that the majority of xians can agree
upon, that is. I hope they like catholicism, because when all those
mexican immigrants start getting naturalized, they could well end up
being the "majority". I wonder how that's gonna make divided protestant
infidels feel?
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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