The Bible Bill -- What would Jefferson say?

[AlBrattOnline]

http://www.politico.com/

When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 2009, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes you’ll be ringing in “the Year of the Bible.”

It’s probably just wishful thinking.

“At any rate, according to Thomas Jeffereson, it would be a blatant endorsement of religion and a violation of the establishment clause:

The 'Wall of Separation':

Believing that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their Legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. Thomas Jefferson.”

“While we must focus on fiscal policies that provide relief to families during these tough economic times, an endeavor I have been working tirelessly towards in this Congress, we must also not forget to protect and celebrate our fundamental freedoms that the Bible has influenced, Broun said.”

“I am inclined to conclude that the subject of “fundamental freedoms” Broun writes about is the exact fundamental freedoms our Founding Fathers had in mind when they set about to “protect and celebrate”them by excluding any reference to Christianity or the Christian Bible and thereby creating a secular Constitutional Document. A.B.”

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[rcrush]

1. I dont understand these stupid House Resolutions or whatever.

Why do we need a resoultion to honor the the football team that won a big game? Or a Resolution to honor cupcakes or some other stupid nonsense shit.
There was a HR to honor Paul Newman? HR to recognize the importance of Christmas! Or House Resolution to honor USC Football for winning the Rose Bowl!

Dont they have any real work to do?

[stopbush]

2. I'm all for them offering up more religious resolutions.

It gives sensible people an opportunity to rail against the stupidities of religion.

If the Bible thumpers realized how counterproductive these things are - especially with young people - they'd cool their jets. Sadly for them, they're just not that smart.

[patrice]

3. You're right about the Young. They strive, somewhat imperfectly of course, for their own connections

to Truth. The more older generations ("Great" or not so great) strive to own that, the more certainly a minority of the Young will be owned, but ALSO the more certainly more of them will resist, someday, hopefully, to discover how their own Freedom and Autonomy will lead them to what is True.