Posted on 02/25/2015 6:28:09 AM PST by NKP_Vet
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Members of a county Republican Party in Idaho are to take up a measure on Tuesday evening that would declare the state a Christian one to bolster what the proposal calls the "Judeo-Christian bedrock of the founding of the United States."
The resolution to be voted on by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee is non-binding, meaning it does not have the effect of laws or rules.
The proposal seeks that Idaho be "formally and specifically declared a Christian state," guided by a Judeo-Christian faith reflected in the U.S. Declaration of Independence where all authority and power is attributed to God, the resolution reads.
The measure argues that the Christian faith is under "strident attack" in the United States, and cites as evidence the absence of Christian traditions and symbols in public institutions such as schools.
The issue has sparked debate within the Republican stronghold of northern Idaho, once known for harboring leaders of the so-called Christian identity or white supremacist movement such as the late Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler.
Supporters say the measure echoes the Christian principles espoused by early U.S. presidents such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and that it has added significance at a time when Christians are subject to persecution in countries such as Syria where it is not the dominant religion.
"We're a Christian community in a Christian state and the Republican Party is a Christian Party," said Jeff Tyler, a member of the committee and backer of the draft resolution.
"It's important that Christians stand up and be unashamed to say they're Christians."
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Does that include or exclude LDS?
One has to wonder which state will be the first to declare itself an Islamic state.....
If D.C. were a STATE it would be the first...to do so
"God bless these Idaho Republicans."
God bless the Idaho Christians.
Oh yeah...that’ll sail through the courts.
How ‘bout a Morman state ...
And today's Spokane, WA, Spokesman-Review article notes " Kootenai GOP rejects resolution declaring Idaho a 'Christian state'" "by more than two-thirds of the Central Committee."
I said Idaho Republicans because no democrat is included in the bill.
Branding is always important. This is a no cost way of attracting Christians and keeping Leftist Californicator refugees out of the state.
America’s redoubt is slowly forming bit by bit.
The spineless SOBs that didn’t vote for it are in the wrong party. The democrats need members in Idaho. Everyone of these cowards need to switch parties.
—yeap—stuff like this gives ammo to the ones who portray Republicans as idiots-—
The application of the Bill of Rights to state and local governments results from a misapplication of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Of course, conservatives want to apply the Second Amendment to states and localities, so liberals aren't alone there.
Jeff, have you seen this?
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