Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] a top 20 story at reddit.com...

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Actually, allow me (decided not to wait around :) ):

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.



Nathan Odle wrote:
> copy-paste text of article for those of us that don't want to register 
> with yet another website? :)
>
> Jonathan King wrote:
> > My nominee for the most useless and stupid bill state-wide this year:
> >
> > http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html 
> >
> >
> > So either this is completely shameless grand-standing by David Sater
> > who has a bunch of really ignorant constituents, or else he is
> > actually such a twit that he hasn't figured out his bill is
> > essentially *the* textbook case of unconstitutional legislation.  In
> > the mean time, there's a good chance that this news story will become
> > a national one, and a sizable chunk of the population will wonder what
> > kind of nimrods we elect to state government around here.
> >
> > Even if this were a result you were praying for, I presume you
> > wouldn't want to see it done this way.
> >
> > jking
> >
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