Republican Stephen Fincher Wants ‘Religious Supremacy’ Amendment

[cbayer]

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/christianity/indecent-proposal-another-religious-supremacy-amendment-surfaces-us-house

By AUSCS, Fri, September 28, 2012
By Simon Brown



It is deeply disturbing that a government body that has sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution would consider a resolution that disrespects a principle that comes straight from the First Amendment.

As part of a continuing effort to use religion as a way of excluding many Americans, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives recently proposed a resolution that “reaffirms the importance of religion in the lives of United States citizens.”

Introduced Sept. 19 by Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), the resolution includes a number of statements that are offensive to anyone who supports church-state separation or isn’t Christian.

The resolution says that Judeo-Christian heritage “has played a strong role in the development of the United States and in the lives of many of the Nation’s citizens” and that the House “rejects efforts to remove evidence of Judeo-Christian heritage and references to God from public structures and resources.”

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[tanyev]

1. Gott mit uns.

[tularetom]

2. Why do they even bother with the "Judeo" part of Judeo-Christian?

We all know WTF they mean.

[oldhippydude]

3. hiel Jesus.........n/t

[asjr]

4. Mr Fincher is preaching to the choir. He is

using this to pander to the evangelicals and offbeat Christians here. He thinks it makes him look good to people who would say "Oh, he is such a good Christian. He is what we need. " That is how he gets elected and he is not alone. The separation of church and state has long been thrown out of the window. I meet his kind daily and it is not a pretty sight.

[cbayer]

5. That's what I figured.

It seems to me highly unlikely that this would pass, but the fact that they would spend even a nanosecond of their precious time discussing it is bad.

[msongs]

6. fear peddlers strike again, is he gonna riot and murder in the name of his religion? nt

[madrchsod]

7. i think the prophet named jesus would disagree.

it would seem it is written he was against such things here on earth.

[pinto]

8. Grandstanding. And, iirc, the House has some pressing undone national business to attend to...

The Secular Coalition for America on Tuesday blasted a resolution proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives that “reaffirms the importance of religion in the lives of United States citizens.”

“A resolution that ‘reaffirms the importance of religion’—specifically a Judeo-Christian religion—in the lives of Americans excludes the many Americans for whom religion is not important, or those who do not identify with a Judeo-Christian religion,” said Edwina Rogers, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America.

“This only serves to divide rather than unite Americans,” Rogers continued. “This resolution insinuates that because Christianity is the majority religion in the United States, the religion and its followers should be privileged by our government, but this logic is problematic – our Constitution is secular precisely to protect all Americans regardless of their religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/25/atheists-condemn-house-resolution-to-reaffirm-importance-of-religion/

[rrneck]

9. Fincher needs a ladder

so he can climb up on it and kiss my ass. Pandering outrages against civility to egotistical idiots - the man's a discrace. He's giving bottom feeding crooks a bad name.

[Swede Atlanta]

10. Oh good God (no pun intended)......

I am a Christian but I fully support the separation of church and state. As Jesus said "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's". I don't want any religion or belief system interjected into our politics.