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"Why we fight."

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 12, 2011 8:18 pm

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyr ... commentsOn the Tenth Day the Missouri Legislature Created Prayer

Tenth day of May, that is.

Yes, yesterday the Missouri Legislature passed another proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution. If passed by Missouri voters in 2012, the amendment would guarantee the right to pray openly in public, including inside the state Capitol.

State Rep. Mike McGhee (R-Odessa) has been pushing a similar bill for five years, but it's died each year in the Senate. This year, no senators voted against the bill -- partly out of exhaustion with the issue and partly because they didn't see it changing anything.

The Missouri Constitution already guarantees individuals the right to worship God according to their own consciences. "This was such a meaningless amendment, we just didn't feel like we needed to put forth the effort to stop it this year," Sen. Jolie Justus (D - Kansas City) told the Post-Dispatch yesterday.

McGhee, meanwhile, says the amendment would guarantee such liberties. "If voters approve this, it will send a message that the citizens of the state believe it's OK to read a Bible in study hall," McGhee told the Post-Dispatch. "That it's OK to pray briefly before a City Council meeting. That's what we were trying to do by bringing this amendment forward."

We'll see if McGhee continues to whistle that tune when -- following passage of the amendment -- a practicing Muslim dares to get on his knees inside the state Capitol and pray in the direction of Mecca.
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Post by Ayaan » Thu May 12, 2011 8:23 pm

The stupid is so strong, I don't even know what to say. :fp:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 12, 2011 8:25 pm

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Post by klr » Thu May 12, 2011 8:26 pm

Uh ... 1st Amendment anyone? :ask:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 12, 2011 8:30 pm

klr wrote:Uh ... 1st Amendment anyone? :ask:
There's no law against praying in public here now. This is slippery slope stuff, and a waste of legislative time and taxpayer dollars.
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Post by charlou » Fri May 13, 2011 9:09 am

I don't understand why they need the legislation if it's already a constitutional right?
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Fri May 13, 2011 9:12 am

It's a big shiny badge for them - "Look how pious we are!"
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Post by Santa_Claus » Fri May 13, 2011 9:40 am

Given that America was created as a religous state to be subservient to "God" then I don't see an issue with this.

Just like in Saudi the Woo based countries simply do weird shit, it's what they were set up to do.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri May 13, 2011 9:55 am

charlou wrote:I don't understand why they need the legislation if it's already a constitutional right?
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Post by JimC » Fri May 13, 2011 9:56 am

We need a video of Lurch from the Adam's Family shaking his head...
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri May 13, 2011 9:58 am

JimC wrote:We need a video of Lurch from the Adam's Family shaking his head...
You don't want much, do you?

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Post by JimC » Fri May 13, 2011 10:00 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
JimC wrote:We need a video of Lurch from the Adam's Family shaking his head...
You don't want much, do you?

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Perfecto! :tup:

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri May 13, 2011 10:01 am

JimC wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
JimC wrote:We need a video of Lurch from the Adam's Family shaking his head...
You don't want much, do you?

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Perfecto! :tup:

And so damn fast...

How come you have the tech savvy of a teenage boy?

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I have one chained up under my desk. :levi:
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