Georgia congressidiot pushing theocracy.

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Is there something in the water, that keeps spawning Georgia assholes in office? :eyes:


Congressman Wants Citizens of ALL Religions to Reflect on the Ten Commandments
Chris Rodda print page
Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 06:28:17 PM EST

Well, spring is in the air, and that can mean only one thing. It's time for a member of Congress to introduce a resolution proclaiming the first weekend of May "Ten Commandments Weekend." This time, the resolution comes from Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA).


These kinds of resolutions almost always contain a dose of Christian nationalist American history revisionism, and Broun's resolution, H. Res. 1175, is no different. In fact, just like Sen. Sam Brownback in his 2008 Ten Commandments Weekend resolution, Broun includes a quote from John Quincy Adams in one of his "Whereas" clauses.

"Whereas the sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, declared the Ten Commandments to be 'laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by every nation, which ever professed any code of laws'"

And, just like Brownback did in his resolution, Broun omits the part of the quote in which Adams made it clear that many of the laws of the Old Testament were "adapted to that time only" and binding only on the ancient Jews. Here's what Adams actually wrote, in a letter to his son:

"The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes adapted to that time only, and to the particular circumstances of the nation to whom it was given; they could of course be binding upon them, and only upon them, until abrogated by the same authority which enacted them, as they afterward were by the Christian dispensation; but many others were of universal application -- laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by every nation, which ever professed any code of laws."


(I think It might be relevant to note here that John Quincy Adams, although personally quite religious, took his presidential oath of office on a law book containing the Constitution rather than a Bible, because he was swearing that as president he would uphold the Constitution, not the Bible.)

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1. It wouldn't even be so bad

If these hypoChristians would practice what they preach.

[NC_Nurse]

2. Same asshat who just called the Civil War the War of Yankee Aggression".

Hard to believe this guy is in Congress. Jeebus~!

[Initech]

3. Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not kill?

Do they have to obey those as well? Because it seems a lot of these so-called Christians don't.

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4. K&R

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5. Ironically that asshat is my father's congressman where I went to high school.

My dad is a big Republican who is friends w Broun while I'm a big Democrat who's friends w Grayson.