Rep. Monique Davis, `It’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!'

[jakem]

Ill. Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) faced off against Rob Sherman of Buffalo Grove, who objected to the state of Illinois giving $1 million to the Pilgrim Baptist Church, excoriating him for not believing in God and for having the temerity to say that the Church and State should be separate. She told him that she believed it was dangerous for children to know that atheism exists. She ordered him to stop testifying and insisted that in the Land of Lincoln, "people believe in God!"
Don't miss the audio.

Davis: I don’t know what you have against God, but some of us don’t have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it’s really a tragedy -- it’s tragic -- when a person who is engaged in anything related to God, they want to fight. They want to fight prayer in school.
I don’t see you (Sherman) fighting guns in school. You know?

I’m trying to understand the philosophy that you want to spread in the state of Illinois. This is the Land of Lincoln. This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God, where people believe in protecting their children.… What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it’s dangerous--

Sherman: What’s dangerous, ma’am?

Davis: It’s dangerous to the progression of this state. And it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists! Now you will go to court to fight kids to have the opportunity to be quiet for a minute. But damn if you’ll go to to fight for them to keep guns out of their hands. I am fed up! Get out of that seat!

Sherman: Thank you for sharing your perspective with me, and I’m sure that if this matter does go to court---

Davis: You have no right to be here! We believe in something. You believe in destroying! You believe in destroying what this state was built upon.

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/04/rep-monique-dav.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I don't think Davis ever read the First Amendment

or that she knows anything about the history of the Founding Fathers. Scary, isn't it, that someone so ignorant is in power?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. She's not really "in power." She's just in Springfield.

It's as safe a place as any to store our Illinois kooks.

[GCP]

2. And this is a Democrat?

Holy shit

[devilgrrl]

4. I say the same thing about the likes of Rahm Emanuel and Joe Lieberman

Add Carville and Terry McAuliffe to that list as well.

[LeftishBrit]

5. D-Chicago? I trust that's a misprint for R-Chicago?

In any case, what a crazy bigoted view. Unbelievable in a democracy.

[Mojambo]

6. That is unbelievable intolerance

I hope, yet doubt, that her constituents are letting her have it.

[jakem]

7. audio of the exchange-

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/files/DAVIS.mp3



Monique D. Davis
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 27th district
In office
1987 -
Born August 19, 1936 (1936-08-19) (age 71)
Chicago, Illinois
Political party Democratic
Spouse divorced
Profession educator
Religion United Church of Christ

Monique D. Davis is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 27th District since 1987

[kestrel91316]

11. How does a freak like her get in the DOORS of a UCC church?

UCC is supposed to be fairly liberal and normal, being the remnants of Congregationalism.......

Oy. Some days I am SO embarrassed to be an American.

[Birthmark]

8. Wonder how when she got on the crazy train?

Sounds like she's been riding it quite a while.

[Homer12]

9. Should should become a rethuglican

Sounds like she would fit in better.

[Kitty Herder]

10. Sounds like somebody's a little insecure in her own faith.

If she is so sure that her religion is correct, why does she feel so threatened by the very existence of atheism?