Here is another ridiculous bill that wastes taxpayer money to force religion onto people. This is an egregious violation of Separation of Church and State. If you live in the US, please take a moment to write to your representative. The AHA makes it really easy.Yesterday, H. Con. Res 13, a resolution which reaffirms the official motto of the United States as "In God We Trust,"was passed in the House Judiciary Committee, and now faces general debate in the House. If passed on the House floor, the resolution would encourage the display of "In God We Trust" on public buildings, including government institutions and public schools.
"If religion and morality are taken out of the marketplace of ideas," the resolution reads, "the very freedom on which the United States was founded cannot be secured." The resolution goes on to state, "'As President Eisenhower said and President Ford later repeated, ‘Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor, an American way of life.'"
This resolution is an excuse to take aim at the country’s secular foundation and to push the social conservative agenda.
Please take a moment and tell your Representative to vote “no” on H. Con. Res 13 today!
From the American Humanist Association
Also, you can write a letter from the Secular Coalition for America.
Why are we wasting taxpayer money and your valuable time on this? Not all Americans trust in god and those of us who don't should not be disenfranchised. I don't even see why this is important enough to "debate" at all. Why do religious people need public sanctioning of their beliefs? Why is it not enough that they believe what they want to believe in private? Why do they have to involve the government? If this passes into law, you will be disenfranchizing a large number of Americans who either don't believe in gods or don't believe that belief needs to be endorsed by the government in order for it to be valid. Please stop wasting taxpayer money and your valuable time on such nonsense.
ReplyDeleteMost excellently said, Lisa. Thank you!
ReplyDelete“If religion and morality are taken out of the marketplace..."
ReplyDeleteClever that. Put the words "Religion" and "Morality" next to each other like that and people just assume they belong together.
How many jobs is this bill going to create? Wasn't that their promise?
ReplyDeleteNot to mention that its completely unconstitutional! Religionists love the Free Exercise clause of the 1st Amendment, but they'd disown their own children before they'd acknowledge the Establishment Clause.
ReplyDeleteVery clever. Yes, the same religion that says it's OK to beat your slaves (and own them as long as they aren't Israelites from your tribe), and you should hate your whole family. Nice!
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, by religion they mean christianity (specifically their brand of choice, I'm sure), and not islam - the religion of peace (HA!) - or judaism or hinduism, etc.
ReplyDeleteRight! Gah!
ReplyDeleteOh, I hadn't heard that. If you know more, link us. That's kooky talk.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why it's a waste of taxpayer money and lawmaker's time. They could be doing something useful that would actually help the country, not something that sets it back to third world status.
ReplyDeleteI really couldn't agree with you more, Lisa. You said it perfectly. :|
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