Seattlest: This is How Congress is Spending Time?

TroyJMorris

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:30:08 -0800

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soundoff/comment.asp?articleID=343335 Looks like McDermott voted nay and the PI got hurt feelings. Honestly, as an Atheist, all of this "Christianity" being thrust upon me as the "religion of my country" is pissing me off. Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli. For fuck's sake!

TroyJMorris

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:45:09 -0800

Seriously, why is this shit going on? At least a hundred or so didn't vote!

bilco

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:55:16 -0800

"recognizes the Christian faith as one of the great religions of the world; " Does Congress keep an official listing of the great religions? If so, which ones are bubbling under the 'great' category with a chance to go gold in the next year or so?

Bre

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:35:00 -0800

Thanks for pointing this out, Seattlest. I did a quick Google search on the resolution, and four articles came up - yours is one of them. I doubt it will get much coverage because it seems (emphasis on seems) so innocuous. But the implications are huge. And isn't it kind of, I don't know, unconstitutional?

eldan

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:57:53 -0800

I think this kind of motion is particularly toxic, because no-one dares oppose it for fear of being branded a hater of christians. And thus the majority culture, purely as a result of being the majority culture, gets yet another privilege.