Alarming Amendment: Missouri Legislators Are Placing Religious Liberty In Jeopardy

[Adsos Letter]

Source: The Wall of Separation
March 15th, 2011
By Rob Boston.

The influx of “Tea Party” conservatives who flooded the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures earlier this year promised to focus on jobs and the economy. So why are getting a relentless barrage of bills on social issues?

Consider Missouri. The state House of Representatives there recently passed a so-called “Religious Freedom Amendment” that Religious Right groups think is wonderful. Everyone else ought to be terrified.

The amendment would supposedly codify the right of Missourians to express their religious beliefs in public places. But we already have a provision that does that: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (In addition, Article I, Section 5 of the Missouri Constitution enshrines religious freedom as well.)

The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees that you can pray in a voluntary and non-disruptive manner at any government site or function. Children can even pray in public schools, as long as it’s their decision to do so, not some school official’s.

LINK: http://blog.au.org/2011/03/15/alarming-amendment-missouri-legislators-are-placing-religious-liberty-in-jeopardy/
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[ReggieVeggie]

1. SWEET! I could become a Rastafarian and smoke in public!

[derby378]

2. Ah, but smoking marijuana in public IS disruptive

The Flying Spaghetti Monster told me so. You think I'm gonna cross the Pastafarians?