CITY COUNCILMAN ARGUES BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS NEED NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATES

[banana republican]

By DAVID TOLSEY

DO YOU accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior? Well, if you do in Okanogan County, Wash., you may be praying . . . and paying down at Town Hall.

That's if Councilman Ronald Weinke has anything to say about it. Weinke is spearheading a bill that would require all Born-Again Christians to get new birth certificates.

"Don't make me out to be some sort of villain," says Weinke. "My proposal includes the creation of an express line at our Vital Records department where these Born-Agains can get their birth certificates processed and recorded very quickly.

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/religion/61520

[LoZoccolo]

1. This is from /Weekly World News/.

I can almost guarantee it's going to get earnest responses by the time I finish sending this reply, though.

[LoZoccolo]

2. Oh hey, what do you know, it didn't.

But that might just mean they haven't finished them yet.

[meegbear]

3. And if you later renounce your faith ...

do you have to get a death certificate? :shrug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. you guys are missing the beauty of this

With a new birth certificate, they can't vote unti 18 yrs from now.

this is a stroke of GENIUS!

[skids]

5. LOL. n/t

[Dhalgren]

7. All new Christians can't vote and can't drive? I like it!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Good point! :^D

[theHandpuppet]

6. Then I assume they must first issue them death certificates

That would make the obituary column quite interesting.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. unfortunately, I know of no state that issues certificates for brain death

might be a good idea to start just such a program.

[me b zola]

9. Lovely.

We were looking at land in that area. :puke: