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December 13, 2007
This is the Part Where I Stop Paying Taxes
Whaaaaaa??? Where do I even start? With "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion," or with I'm paying them for THIS or with Wait a minute, I thought by being the majority, and in power to boot, these jokers don't need more special recognition. Was someone afraid that Christmas was going to be taken away? Thanks for ruining my very happy, perfectly secular, Holiday Season, oh ye Legislators. And the fucked up part is that they can arrest me if I don't pay them come April 15.
In a "Religion Watch" aside, I heard a story on NPR this morning where they twice referred to "Hindu myths." What would happen if reporters started referring to Jesus' birth as a "Christian myth"?
Posted by mwashburn at December 13, 2007 07:20 AMPosted to Culture & Politics
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Here's what irks me about this: OK, so MAYBE 3/4 of Americans are "Christians," but as a Catholic (albeit lapsed Catholic, but still), I do NOT want to be lumped in with other varieties of "Christians" because believe me - we are not all the same. And that is just another reason this resolution is ridiculous. This country is whacked. I'm ready to move.
Posted by: Carol at December 13, 2007 08:04 AM
Oh, and I don't want to give the impression that this resolution is an OK thing in any way, shape, or form. It's not. Because even according to their stats 25% of Americans are NOT Christian. Freedom of religion, anyone? Clearly not these guys.
Posted by: Carol at December 13, 2007 08:08 AM
It looks like HR 847 is one of those non-binding, masturbatory resolutions. Looking at this list of resolutions, it seems to, at least in a 'letter of the law' kind of way, skirt the whole establishment issue.
Posted by: Adam at December 13, 2007 01:06 PM
It looks like HR 847 is one of those non-binding, masturbatory resolutions.
But that even further prompts the question WHY???
Posted by: flygrrl at December 13, 2007 03:05 PM