"Texans vote to add 'God' to state pledge", Rapture ready board elated!

[Bluebear]

The Texas Legislature is swimming upstream in a cultural climate that frequently denigrates the mention of "God" in public, voting to add the words "under God" to the Texas state pledge.

The 124-12 vote sent the proposal sponsored by Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, to the state Senate, where supporters say it isn't expected to have significant opposition.

"Since the time of the founding of the United States through modern times, the presence and influence of God has been intrinsically associated with the political and social culture of the United States ... (the bill) will acknowledge our Judeo-Christian heritage by placing the words 'under God' in the state pledge," according to an analysis by the state House...
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We Texans are a breed apart from the rest of the world.
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Texas State Flag is the only one of the 50 state flags that flies at the same level as the American Flag, all others have to fly below it.
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Maybe I'll move to Texas.........
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That's why we left Sodom and Gomorrah (AKA Las Vegas) and moved to Texas. Eventually we will lose all of our Christian liberties in America, but I like to think (wishfully) that Texas will be the last to fall.
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Way to go Texans!!!

Watch one atheist will protest and it will have to be removed. Whatever happened to majority rules?
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YEEEEE HAWWWW!
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Texas...the most awesomest State in the Union!

I've been trying to talk my DH into moving there for years.

I'm stuck in Illinois. Man! It stinks to be me.
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I gained even more respect for the Lone Star today!
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The will of the people of texas is soveriegn. In other words, if enough of us want it, we get it.
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God Bless Texas! i pray that this will set an example for the rest of the US. Not to say this condemingly but i thought this was a straight up slap in the face to the ACLU!
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http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=2085

[alarimer]

1. I can't wait to leave this state; it gets nuttier all the time

What happened to "majority rules"? Guess what, democracy was never about that. We need to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.

Texans are a breed apart, indeed. I don't necessarily think that's a good thing.

[Bluebear]

4. 'We need to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.'

A concept totally foreign to these people, which is sad and dangerous.

[muntrv]

2. This sounds like rimjob's free republick.

[rasputin1952]

3. I didn't even know a state had a "pledge"...and the whole

notion of the flag of TX at the same hgt as the US Flag is an affront to the National Colors...real bunch of Americans there...I'm glad ALL Texans aren't crazy...:eyes:

[alarimer]

5. It does

A few years ago (maybe after 9/11) there was a law passed that required schoolkids to recite the pledge to the Texas flag as well as the national one.

It is pretty odd being a transplant here. I have lived in Florida and California but Texas is a special kind of weird. Molly Ivins described a lot of the weirdness especially well in her books and columns.

[rasputin1952]

10. Yeah...Molly was something else....w/o her, a lot of people

would never know our oddest state....:D

[NoPasaran]

7. The flag thing

The flag thing is a legacy of Texas' previous status as a sovereign republic prior to annexation and statehood.

Sorry about the craziness though.

[rasputin1952]

11. Almost seems like they do anything to "stand out"...pride is

one thing, but often it embracves arrogance...:)

[karlrschneider]

6. There will always be a segment of the population that is fucking nuts.

[cloudbase]

8. While Texas can get a bit weird,

it's still not too bad, warts and all. Don't ever confuse the Texas legislature with Texans, though. There's one hell of a disconnect between the two. The lege is a LOT weird. I doubt that there's another group that can do so much damage to so many in so little time. Thank God they only meet biennially.

[Initech]

9. Las Vegas = Sodom & Gomorrah? HAHAHAHAHAHA...

:rofl:

[rug]

12. I think the third commandment already covered this.

[Ilsa]

13. Actually, we've had some RW crap defeated this session, but

these nuts are still getting too much onto th legislative agenda:
http://www.tfn.org/pressroom/display.php?item_id=5547

TFN Legislative Update

May 8, 2007

AUSTIN – The Texas House today rejected irresponsible efforts to strip critical safeguards for religious freedom from a bill on public school classes about the Bible. The House voted overwhelmingly to give the bill preliminary approval and send it to Third Reading.

Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller said the House’s action on House Bill 1287 gives the Bible and religious freedom the respect they deserve.

“Public schools are not Sunday schools, and most people get nervous when government gets too involved in religion,” Miller said. “The safeguards in this bill protect the right of families and clergy, not the government, to tell our schoolchildren what to believe about the Bible. We hope the Senate now shows the same respect for religious freedom that House members showed today.”

State Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, authored H.B. 1287, which would have required every public high school to offer classes about the Bible beginning in September of this year. The Texas Freedom Network joined with organizations like the Christian Life Commission, the Anti-Defamation League and the Texas Conference of Churches to insist that safeguards for religious freedom be added to the bill. Last month the House Public Education Committee agreed unanimously to those safeguards, including:
- measures on teacher training and qualifications,
- requirements for curriculum standards and an actual textbook (rather than using the Bible as the textbook),
- stronger protections for the religious freedom of students and their families, and
- allowing local school officials to decide whether their districts will offer courses about the Bible, based on the guidelines in the bill, beginning in the fall of 2009

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http://www.tfn.org/news/

[B Calm]

14. Almost as bad as Indiana putting "In God We Trust" on license plates

You do have the option for a regular plate, but the new vanity plate with "In God We Trust" cost the driver nothing extra.

[LiberalFighter]

17. Saw one of dem plates on a car drive into a strip joint in the neighborhood

[AnnieBW]

15. Texas is a scary place

My best friend from college moved to Houston and married a Texan of Mexican heritage. He gets all kinds of crap from the rednecks about "you should go back to Mexico". He just tells them that his family was in Texas before the Alamo, so maybe THEY should leave. :D

I went to visit my friend once. It was scary. All of the women were nice housewives who didn't work, except to sell makeup to each other. I was hanging out with their husbands, drinking beer from a bottle and impressing the hell out of them. The guys thought that I was pretty cool for a Yankee.

[Quantess]

16. Now if they could only add the word "Christian" in front of "God"

Then the Fundie zealots would be satisfied.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

18. People are fighting to get in? I'm fighting to get out!

As soon as I can, I'm off to California with a banjo on my knee. If my husband wants to wait until he finishes his master's, that's his problem. I want nothing to do with this redneck insane asylum.