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     Thokkalohdi Side Hero Username: Thokkalohdi Post Number: 6234 Registered: 01-2008 Posted From: 108.226.190.195 Rating: N/A |
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| Gringo Comedian Username: Gringo Post Number: 1406 Registered: 10-2014 Posted From: 72.15.229.180 Rating: N/A |
There are state vegetables, animals, and minerals—but lawmakers want Tennessee to have a state book, and they want that book to be the Bible. Tennessee’s Bible bill cleared another hurdle Thursday when it passed the House Calendar and Rules committee. HB 615, which has 19 co-signers, is now scheduled for a debate in the full house on Tuesday. Earlier this week, there was little objection from the House State Government committee, which approved the bill on a voice vote. “Does that mean we’re going to vote biblical principles once we get this passed,” said Johnny Shaw (D), a pastor from Bolivar, Tenn. “Good question, but I’ll leave it up to each one of your consciences to decide,” said the bill’s author, Jerry Sexton (R ), in a careful constitutional dodge. “That’s a good way to leave it, I appreciate that,” Shaw responded. “That would be my ideal, though, to vote the principles of the state book. I think that’s very important.” “That’s where our judicial system, our civil government come from,” Sexton nodded. “They come from the tenets of the Scripture.” Criticism of the bill has come from two directions. The ACLU doesn’t believe that a state should enshrine a particular religious text, which could be seen as giving favor to one religion. “Religious texts should not be used as political footballs,” the ACLU of Tennessee said in a press release. “This resolution clearly violates both the United States and Tennessee constitutions, which prohibit government promotion of one religion over other religions.” Others, including several religious leaders, feel that the Bible is too dignified to be made into a state symbol alongside the passion flower and the Channel catfish. “We’re being asked to make the Bible, any Bible, any version of it, an object, like the state reptile. Like the raccoon, the salamander, the nut, the fish,” Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R) complained during a senate committee hearing. “I think that belittles the most holy book that’s ever been written in my opinion,” Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey told the Tennessean this week. Last year, Louisiana lawmakers tried and failed to make the Bible the official book in that state. The sponsor pulled the bill, telling the Times-Picayune that it had become a distraction. http://i.imgur.com/eI7517s.jpg?1 | ||
| Gringo Comedian Username: Gringo Post Number: 1404 Registered: 10-2014 Posted From: 72.15.229.180 Rating: N/A |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/10/te nnessee-lawmakers-hope-to-enshrine-the-bible-as-the-state-bo ok/ http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/04/09/tennessee-bill-would- make-the-bible-official-state-book/ http://i.imgur.com/eI7517s.jpg?1 |
