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Posted on 04/16/2015 6:06:37 PM PDT by markomalley
A proposal to make the Bible the official state book of Tennessee, a measure the state attorney general had said would be unconstitutional, was effectively dropped for the year on Thursday by the state Senate, officials said.
The bill had been approved by the state House of Representatives on Wednesday over objections by Governor Bill Haslam, who called it disrespectful.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery III, religious leaders and others said the measure violated the separation of church and state under both the U.S. and Tennessee Constitutions.
Republicans, who hold strong majorities in the state House and Senate, were divided over the proposal, and the Senate on Thursday referred the proposal to its Judiciary Committee, which is not scheduled to meet again this session.
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Good! Here in Tennessee, every Christian I have spoken to is embarrassed by the proposal and thinks it is ridiculous to even suggest having a “state book.”
These pandering ahole politicians trying to make points while failing to do their real job which is making America a better country. The Bible doesn’t need to be made a state book. Just keep it from being digitized by corrupt NYC publishers who will then edit it at will.
I’m not convinced this is a good idea, but by the same token, I’m not convinced it’s a bad idea either.
Folks, naming a state book does not carry any weight of law.
It doesn’t mean that everyone has to abide by it’s teachings.
They have a state flower. It doesn’t mean everyone has to love that flower. It doesn’t mean everyone has to abide by certain laws related to the flower.
It’s the same with the state bird and other state designated objects.
All it does is show a deep respect for the book.
If I didn’t know better I’d think this was proposed by a secular humanist leftist in an attempt to make conservatives look stupid with independents.
There are already enough stupid laws.
How about instead removing 500 do-nothing laws rom the books.
Not only that, it comes really close to being exactly what is prohibited by the Constitution. While it wouldn't be establish a state church, which is really what was targeted by the amendment, it would come close enough to be prohibited IMO.
Heh. It also illustrates that the state legislators are obviously meeting for too long. Once a year, just enough time to write and pass a budget (say, three months), then go home and leave us alone!
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