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In reply to the discussion: A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)25. Kentucky still exists, so it must be working!
But seriously, this is unbelievable. A nod to history is okay, but this is more than that.
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A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists [View all]
HarveyDarkey
Nov 2012
OP
You mistake me. I think he is a waste of oxygen, food, water, space and time.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#14
I was so not involved in that. I stayed at the 6-story hotel on the river and worked nights...
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#81
Well that's a bitch. It was the only place you could get a beer on Sunday (only with a meal).
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#88
Yeah, Irving, TX is dry. You can tell because EVERY border crossing is lined with liquor stores.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#90
You've discovered the flaw so many of us don't or won't see. The law depends on government
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#68
how in the HELL has this travesty been on the books for six years, and some of us are only now
niyad
Nov 2012
#11
I just read the whole thing, and the kentucky supreme court keeps refusing to rule this nonsense
niyad
Nov 2012
#15
a DEMOCRAT authored this stupidity--a baptist minister who uses his "faith" like a bludgeon,
niyad
Nov 2012
#13
You know how at tax time you have to file state as well as Federal? I don't have to do that.
Edweird
Nov 2012
#102
Still not ever going to step one foot in that dumbass law, "stand your ground", state.
mick063
Nov 2012
#105
is there any indication of how many people have been prosecuted and jailed under this stupidity?
niyad
Nov 2012
#22
The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#27
Yep, which god, which religion and which asshole(s). ... got so many of them anymore we
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#33
The "Almighty" one.. jeez, can't you read? It's right there in *bold* letters and everything!!!
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2012
#38
Well, if god mandates it then we better do it - how dare anyone question this!!!
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#32
Hmmm. The "legislative findings" of Kentucky Revised Statutes KRS 39A.285(3)
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#34
Sorry to be a Doubting Thomas here, but I'm not sure how this absurdity persecutes
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#39
if a Christian who believes in separation of church and state refused to place
TheKentuckian
Nov 2012
#107
So the director of the Kentucky Homeland Security could go to jail if the sign is taken down?
Kaleva
Nov 2012
#55
Put the "building super" in jail if he doesn't put up the Ten Commandments placard, presumably
Kolesar
Nov 2012
#77
all i see is a law requiring religious plaques on homeland security offices. where is
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#100