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OPINION: Oklahoma GOP Intellectually and Morally Bankrupt

By American Atheists , An Educational Organization for Atheists - July 01, 2009

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A resolution introduced in the Oklahoma legislature by GOP State Rep. Sally Kern blames the nation's economic woes on gay pride celebrations, lack of public prayer , abortion and "debauchery." Dr. Ed Buckner, president of American Atheists, said that the bizarre claim "betrays not only intellectual bankruptcy , but insults the intelligence of voters in Oklahoma and the rest of the country who want real solutions to the serious economic difficulties that face our nation. The resolution ... Read the Full Article

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Once again...

You are missing the point

Belief in any god (s), pink unicorns, santa claus, tooth fairies, the mercury retrograde, the link between vaccines and autism , astrology, alchemy, a flat earth, creationism , intelligent design , .... are all SUPERSTITION because there is no shred of verifiable and falsifiable evidence for any of them whatsoever.

We have to RESPECT ALL PEOPLE and we have to RIDICULE ALL SUPERSTITIONS. Tolerance relates to people not to the nonsense they may believe in.

Since we live in a country with a constitutional separation between reason (state) and superstition ( church ), we have to strongly combat any attempt to let superstition dictate public policy and law .

This article ridiculing Sally Kern's absurd resolution in the Oklahoma legislature is therefore right on target.

- gma July 2, 2009 7:12PM

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- Where?
  
  Please point specifically to the article in the Constitution that expresses there is a separation between Church and State? I cannot seem to find that in my copy.
  
  - moby clarke July 2, 2009 9:58PM
  
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  - If we're going to base things off of religious law
    
    Who says we need to go with Christian?
    
    - quantummechanik July 3, 2009 12:52AM
    
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  - Here it is
    
    Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
    
    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
    
    THIS MEANS that any law based on what any god (which one?) wants violates this 1st amendment.
    
    Really simple and clear!
    
    - gma July 3, 2009 11:29AM
    
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    - Nice, but incorrect.
      
      You are kidding, correct? The FF wrote the first amendment to prohibit the establishment of a national religion . Read it again, "no law respecting the establishment..." They wanted no national religion, ie The Church of England. What else do you have?
      
      - moby clarke July 3, 2009 11:00PM
      
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      - state religion
        
        This is clearly a declaration that was not just based in Christian principals, but a declaration of Christian principals. It seems to be to tread dangerously close to an official proclamation of the state of Oklahoma as a Christian, not secular, state.
        
        I am rather disturbed by this statement, saying that we are in this crisis because some people did not say their prayers at night and thus an imaginary 'father figure' is striking us down with metaphorical lightning? Clear thinking and honest review of what brought us to this point is what is needed, not more kneeling.
        
        - MrBook July 4, 2009 1:24PM
        
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