GOP-led Ga Senate: daily devotional, pledge to US Flag and to Ga Flag.

[CurtEastPoint]

:puke:
Will these smarmy fuckers EVER stop being so sanctimonious?

In an apparent nod to state sovereignty, Senate Republicans will require members of their chamber to recite the pledge of allegiance to the state flag of Georgia every morning they gather – after a daily devotional and a pledge to the U.S. flag.

Both the House and Senate now include a daily sermon and a pledge to the U.S. flag as part of the beginning of each day’s business.

Afterwards, in the House, state Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-Cobb County) has led a small group of GOP lawmakers in a wildcat recitation of the Georgia pledge:

“I pledge allegiance to the Georgia flag and to the principles for which it stands: Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation.”

This afternoon, Franklin said the Senate was highly appropriate, “given the usurpations of Washington.”

More on Mr. Franklin: A graduate of Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Representative Franklin earned a degree in both Biblical Studies and Business Administration.

Franklin proposed a measure that would prohibit all abortions in Georgia. <1> He voted "No" against bill HCS HB 147: Pre-Abortion Sonograms <2> that passed the House on 19 March 2007 (116 - 54).

Sponsored by Representative Franklin and dropped in the House Hopper on February 13, 2009, House Bill 430, the "Constitutional Tender Act", aims to make gold and silver the only legal tender for payment of debts in the state of Georgia pursuant to Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution <3>. Currently, all fifty U.S. states are in violation of this Constitutional stipulation as paper and electronic bank notes (Federal Reserve Accounting Unit Dollars) are used nearly exclusively as tender.

On February 17, 2009, Representative Franklin introduced House Bill 466 that would tax the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as it would any other privately owned bank in the state of Georgia <4>.

[JoePhilly]

1. I'd be making obscene hand gestures throughout the entire thing.

[onehandle]

2. Our good old boys should drop the pretense and worship their real flag...

[GSLevel9]

3. hehehehe... nt

[KamaAina]

4. A daily sermon?

Can't Americans United or the ACLU or somebody make them stop? Please? Especially if I end up considering moving there?? :scared:

[gratuitous]

5. Wisdom, Justice and Moderation

What are three qualities you won't find in the current session of the Georgia Legislature, Alex?

Maybe they're rationing the wisdom, justice and moderation in case there's a shortage later.

[cyr330]

6. Devotional?

Sounds fucking unconstitutional, as I'm SURE it involves something to do with Jesus, given that it's fucking Georgia!

[Blue Owl]

7. Dear Lord, bless this crime

and the criminals who perpetrate it.