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frogmarch

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36. WTF

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:20 PM

Nov 2012

This is outrageous!

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A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists [View all] HarveyDarkey Nov 2012 OP

well, if it's for security purposes then ok Enrique Nov 2012 #1

Rand Paul's libertarian (circa 4000 B.C.) paradise. Yup. freshwest Nov 2012 #2

You give him too much credit x2 vancouverite Nov 2012 #6

You mistake me. I think he is a waste of oxygen, food, water, space and time. freshwest Nov 2012 #14

I understood and understand x2 vancouverite Nov 2012 #21

Don't knock the Neanderthals agent46 Nov 2012 #40

Fuck. I love Owensboro. You mean I can't go back there? HopeHoops Nov 2012 #3

You can go back Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #17

I really loved being there. It was so different from what I was used to. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #79

I've felt that way about lots of places I've lived and visited Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #80

I was so not involved in that. I stayed at the 6-story hotel on the river and worked nights... HopeHoops Nov 2012 #81

That hotel, the Executive Inn, is gone Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #86

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

It used to be about the only place where you could drink on Sunday Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #89

Yeah, Irving, TX is dry. You can tell because EVERY border crossing is lined with liquor stores. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #90

Bang head nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #4

It sure is a head turning in the wrong direction. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #16

That can't be legal. Federal law wouldn't allow it and Cleita Nov 2012 #5

Why the state Supreme Court has not taken it up nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #23

Probably an actual case would move it toward Federal action sooner. JHB Nov 2012 #31

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

This law is inviting a challenge MrScorpio Nov 2012 #7

uhhhh...if the Feds do not bother with Constitution dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #91

My opinion is that the Conservative movement itself is a... Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #95

Ummm last time I checked 2naSalit Nov 2012 #8

If our safety and security depends upon the avebury Nov 2012 #9

My question is... smaug Nov 2012 #10

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

Because atheists are America's easiest whipping boys. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #12

I just read the whole thing, and the kentucky supreme court keeps refusing to rule this nonsense niyad Nov 2012 #15

They probably fear retribution JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #44

Multiple plaques are very important. defacto7 Nov 2012 #51

that's right newspeak Nov 2012 #92

That brings up a good point! Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #96

No, atheist smokers are the easiest (well, maybe not in KY). Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #69

a DEMOCRAT authored this stupidity--a baptist minister who uses his "faith" like a bludgeon, niyad Nov 2012 #13

A fucking DEMOCRAT? leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #54

Rats - I was planning on going to Kentucky next year csziggy Nov 2012 #18

But, but, but.... HarveyDarkey Nov 2012 #24

Aren't they endangered? Michigan Alum Nov 2012 #71

Whooping cranes are barely hanging on Kolesar Nov 2012 #76

And whooping cranes migrate through Kentucky every year csziggy Nov 2012 #98

Elections are a filter to put the stupidest people into the statehouse Kolesar Nov 2012 #104

OMG, me too! I guess I'll have to settle for the Caribbean again. Incitatus Nov 2012 #106

What a hardship! csziggy Nov 2012 #109

Im perfectly safe where I am. And it ain't Kentucky. nt rrneck Nov 2012 #19

This is why I, as a liberal Atheist, refuse to even visit the South. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #20

The wife wanted a trip to Disneyworld last summer. mick063 Nov 2012 #26

Good. Make sure you keep that promise. cordelia Nov 2012 #30

How about exceptions for the blue urban areas? eridani Nov 2012 #58

That's true liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #62

University towns are also blue spots surrounded by red eridani Nov 2012 #94

You won't be missed. Edweird Nov 2012 #78

I wasn't expecting to be missed. mick063 Nov 2012 #99

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

This atheist liberal from NC is glad of that obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #82

Yeah, we're all armed to the teeth.......... Amaril Nov 2012 #87

Good. Stay away. Far away. cordelia Nov 2012 #29

I, as a liberal atheist from NC, say "thank you" obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #83

It's actually quite sporting to live in the South Major Nikon Nov 2012 #85

is there any indication of how many people have been prosecuted and jailed under this stupidity? niyad Nov 2012 #22

Kentucky still exists, so it must be working! Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #25

The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God Coyotl Nov 2012 #27

Which God? progressoid Nov 2012 #28

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

Ohhhh. progressoid Nov 2012 #65

Folks, we have our winner, please stop calling in now.. Thanks! Ghost in the Machine Nov 2012 #67

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

its hyperbole by the author of the article cited in the OP onenote Nov 2012 #43

There you go again, bringing facts into threads......nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #108

Allah will be pleased.... macacawitz Nov 2012 #35

WTF frogmarch Nov 2012 #36

Wow Livluvgrow Nov 2012 #37

Sorry to be a Doubting Thomas here, but I'm not sure how this absurdity persecutes coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #39

That's what I was thinking. defacto7 Nov 2012 #49

well if you are the head of the state Homeland Security division liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #59

No state requires that you recognize God to hold public office SpartanDem Nov 2012 #73

They should have to strike those laws from their constitutions liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #97

if a Christian who believes in separation of church and state refused to place TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #107

If this happens in Wisconsin Berserker Nov 2012 #41

don't tell glenn grothman..... dembotoz Nov 2012 #93

Just imagine if these people ever did gain true and absolute power Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #42

...whoa. SoapBox Nov 2012 #45

Appallingly ridiculous. . . BigDemVoter Nov 2012 #46

jesus fucking christ. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2012 #47

The Death Throes of a Failing Mythology mckara Nov 2012 #48

How can the courts legally justify this? silhouete2 Nov 2012 #50

Eric Swalwell's friends. leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #52

The stupidity of people never ends. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #53

So the director of the Kentucky Homeland Security could go to jail if the sign is taken down? Kaleva Nov 2012 #55

In what branch of government does "Almighty God" serve? Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #56

So which god is it? JEB Nov 2012 #57

Well, there's a state I won't be visiting. 6000eliot Nov 2012 #60

They're worse than the Taliban Zoeisright Nov 2012 #61

Seriously? Get a paper bag and breath into it cali Nov 2012 #70

Relatively so. aandegoons Nov 2012 #74

Well, not quite. Not yet, anyway. Mariana Nov 2012 #72

I lived in North Carolina for a while as a child mountain grammy Nov 2012 #63

I agree with you liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #66

But it's absolutely true, because the bible says so. gtar100 Nov 2012 #64

The headline is ridiculous, and it conceals the $160,000 question Jim Lane Nov 2012 #75

Put the "building super" in jail if he doesn't put up the Ten Commandments placard, presumably Kolesar Nov 2012 #77

The regional bigotry and bashing in this thread is just heartwarmimg obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #84

all i see is a law requiring religious plaques on homeland security offices. where is HiPointDem Nov 2012 #100

This is why we have a Supreme Court! n/t savebigbird Nov 2012 #101

This isn't from the Onion? marmar Nov 2012 #103

Its becoming like Ya Basta Nov 2012 #110