So just so all of you are straight on this (pun intended), Oklahoma (OHH where the winds coming sweeping down the plains...Ahem sorry.) has passed a Bill that would restrict marriage (in the legal sense as well as the religious sense) to "people of faith." Meaning that if you aren't of one of the approved Faiths, then you will be unable to get married. This of course includes all of those evil nasty viscous Atheists who we know are out to destroy all that is good and right in the world. (Waves at Mary Anderson.) Even bigger, the Bill requires and ANY marriage licenses have to be approved by a member of the Accepted Clergy before being issued.
Just so you get the impact of what I am saying, REPUBLICANS in OK (Sooo not OK) have created a Bill that will eliminate the right of basically anyone they disapprove of to marry the person they love AND they want to put the Church (Pick one there are so many. Dunkers or Sprinklers anyone? And I am not talking about Donuts.) in power over the Government in determining who gets the right to get hitched.
Now keep in mind these are Republicans or as I like to call them, Reboobicans. Reboobicans claim to worship the Constitution and everything it stands for. They claim to be fighting the evil Fascist workings of the Democrats (Damnocrats is my pet name for them.) They claim to know the Constitution backwards and forwards and pretend to be its stoutest defenders. So bearing these claims in mind, HOW THE FUGG can these morons in OK pass such a moronic piece of crap?
Lets ignore the fact that Government controlled marriage (Not weddings, that is where the Conservative disconnect seems to be) is a right granted to pretty much everyone regardless of race, creed or color (Okay the gender thing is still ongoing, but besides that one). That means if a man and a woman wants to get hitched, they can do so legally no matter which faith they are or what race they are. If two Atheists want to head on down to the Courthouse and get hitched, they can do so freely. If two Buddhists want to get legally married, they can go down and get a marriage license. ANYONE CAN GET MARRIED! But like I said, we are ignoring that one. for the second.
Let us focus on the really scary idea behind this POC. The fact that Reboobicans want to put Leaders of the Churches in power over Government Officials. Essentially, they want Priests, Preachers, Bishops etc to be able to look at a couple's application for marriage and decide whether or not they can actually get married. The really frightening thing about this is not that such a Bill was put forth. There are a lot of nutjob fanatics out there who want to force their beliefs on everyone else. No, the scary part is that it actually passed. (Please note that it passed purely on Party lines so this is purely a Republican/Conservative steaming pile of poo.)
Our Government was set up with the idea of religious freedom and a separation of Church and State. Here is a quick recap of the 1st Amendment since so many Conservatives seem to have forgotten it or misremember it. Note the very first line. Now sure we have danced around this issue in the past and probably will keep dancing in the future, but one thing is pretty clear. Setting up the Clergy to have power over any function of the US Government is counter to the very basic tenets of what this nation was founded on.
In closing, I want to remind all of the so-called Christians out there who are so eager to make Merrica a Christian Nation officially of one simple fact. Be careful who's rights you restrict and who's freedoms you take away. The time will come when it is your rights and freedoms are being stolen because someone else doesn't like the way you think or the way you believe. Freedom has to be for everyone, regardless of whether or not you like them or they are meaningless.
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I can't believe that you outed my nefarious atheist agenda. Pooey on you, Bobby. ~waves back~
ReplyDeleteGood blog, by the way. Except for the outing thing, of course. 😜