Hey, you got your God in my government
In political posturing at its finest, Ivan Harmon is trying to put a resolution before the Knox County Commission urging all American citizens to proclaim to every level of government its responsibility to publicly recognize God as the Foundation of our National Heritage. First amendment? Never heard of it.
February 8th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
B-But, the first amendment says Congress shall make no law! Some county commission passing a non-binding resolution surely doesn’t run afoul of the first!
😉
February 8th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
If there really was a god, surely she would smite people like this. Maybe we need an annual day of smiting– big lightning bolts shooting down from the sky, burninating particularly obnoxious people.
February 8th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
So, yeah, how does that have anything to do with local government?
“Maybe we need an annual day of smiting– big lightning bolts shooting down from the sky, burninating particularly obnoxious people.”
While this may be true, would it actually make any difference? And doesn’t this already happen, even if on a fairly small scale? The Merry Mex might be considered obnoxious by some, and he was smitten twice.
February 8th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
‘So, yeah, how does that have anything to do with local government?’
14th amendment.
February 8th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
I thas already passed in about 25% of Tennessee’s counties?!
February 8th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Guav, i know. including the one i live in.
February 8th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Is that the part you are talking about? So how does “urging” people to do something in a non-binding way “abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States”?
I agree that the idea behind the resolution is stupid, but what is a resolution anyway? Is it a law? It’s kinda like when my stupid Seattle city government passes a resolution to proclaim some other idiotic nonsense or whatever. Is it dumb? Yep. Is it unconstitutional? I don’t know.
February 8th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
And hey, don’t all those dumb gun laws in CA, MA, NY, NJ and IL actually abridge the privilages or immunities of us citizens? If they can get away with that, then they can get away with anything and the constitution is less than worthless.
February 8th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Brutal Hugger:
Burninate? Let’s leave Trogodor out of politics, all right?
Uncle:
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you defend incorporation before. Kewl! 🙂
Ben:
Don’t buy that? How about this?
Urging Americans to acknowledge God sure seems to me like a “human authority” attempting to “interfere” with the rights of conscience to me…
February 9th, 2006 at 12:54 am
How about we just do away with idiotic resolutions for anything? Our stupid city council passes all sorts of resolutions, and I can’t fathom why they do it, since it doesn’t actually accomplish anything tangible.
February 9th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Unless, of course, garnering votes via the cheap stunt is something you count as “tangible.” (And that’s precisely what this is about.)