Isn't this unconstitutional?

thamike: Isn't this unconstitutional?

The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper. It's not like it was printed on the flag or something.

I'm always amused by the idea that we should utilize the freedom bestowed upon us by a deity to...subjugate ourselves to said deity.

Also, that document is codified, digitized, and compressed crazy in Portable Document Format.

I can appreciate her stick-to-it spirit, but this God fellow hasn't really been too much help to date.

Hey Oklahoma, go fark yourselves.

WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis;

It's true. Every leading economist I've read says "stimulus-shmimulus, cover up them knees."

WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

LobsterFest?

Signed on the second day of July in the year of our Lord Christ Two Thousand and Nine.

I did not know there were that many Jesuses.

So how long before another of the morality police takes an emergency trip to Argentina or gets caught with a wide stance in an airport bathroom?

It must be such hard work enforcing morality on everyone, its no wonder they crack.

Generation_D: So how long before another of the morality police takes an emergency trip to Argentina or gets caught with a wide stance in an airport bathroom?

It must be such hard work enforcing morality on everyone, its no wonder they crack.

No, no, no, you see, when a liberal does something immoral, it's clearly because they're liberal, and liberals have no sense of morality or understanding of evil. For instance, Bill Clinton's affairs were due 100% to his being a beacon of liberalness.

Whereas when a conservative does something that appears to be immoral, it's clearly due to the pervasive, corrupting influence of a liberal society on an otherwise upstanding conservative Christian. Mark Sanford's affairs are also 100% due to Bill Clinton being a beacon of liberalness -- his liberal penis polluted our common culture for decades!

Tell ya what. When Jesus comes back, I'll believe all the God stuff. Until then, SHUT THE FARK UP.

Wow. The religious whatrrgarble is increasing by the minute. Looks like their finally getting the idea that the vast najority of people don;t agree with them. Obviously, it's time for a Holy War in the US.

I can't wait for the story to come out about this woman's moral peccadilloes. Now that she's released this, you know it's only a matter of time.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Obviously, it's time for a Holy War in the US.

Us evil unbelievers can use stem cells from all the aborted fetuses to create an army of super soldiers.

That's right... it was our plan all along!

thamike: Isn't this unconstitutional?

Yes, very.

LEMON v. KURTZMAN, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)

1. The government's action must have a secular legislative purpose;

2. The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion;

3. The government's action must not result in an "excessive government entanglement" with religion.

Violations:

"We the People of Oklahoma, invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessing of Liberty; to secure just and rightful government¹²³[...]to acknowledge the need for a national awaking of righteousness¹²³ in our land [...]the HOPE of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States, rests upon the Principles of Religion and Morality as put forth in the Holy Bible¹²³[...] we the undersigned, believers in the One True God and His only Son¹²³[...] we, the undersigned, humbly call upon Holy God, our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, to [...] grant a national awakening of righteousness and Christian renewal.¹²³"

There is absolutely no secular purpose to this document, it openly claims its purpose is to promote a specific religion (Christianity), and it calls for the government to entangle itself with the principles of that religion.

In other news, Benevolent Misanthrope has forgotten how to type, spell, and distinguish the proper form of there/they're/their.

Lord.

Ah this all makes sense now. The document is the brainchild of Sally Kern (R-eally insane bigot)

What does God need with a country?

ninjakirby: Yes, very.

So I expect a reprimand. I really hope one is forthcoming, because I've always liked Oklahoma, and the people therein.

SilentStrider: What does God need with a country?

That's like asking what an opposing Risk player needs with Madagascar. You'll never know until it's too late.

Cake Hunter: WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

LobsterFest?



this is the funniest thing i've read all day

Cake Hunter: WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

LobsterFest?

What the fark is she on about here?

SusanIvanova: Whereas when a conservative does something that appears to be immoral, it's clearly due to the pervasive, corrupting influence of a liberal society on an otherwise upstanding conservative Christian. Mark Sanford's affairs are also 100% due to Bill Clinton being a beacon of liberalness -- his liberal penis polluted our common culture for decades!

You joke, but I remember a link a couple of days back wherein Hislimbaughness was saying that Sanford's affair and disappearance was, indeed, Obama's fault. That the President's reckless liberalism and having had Obama's giant, throbbing stimulus forced down Stanford's throat was just too much for the poor governor and he snapped.

ninjakirby The document is the brainchild of Sally Kern (R-eally insane bigot)



And the crazy goes much deeper^

Godscrack: ninjakirby The document is the brainchild of Sally Kern (R-eally insane bigot)

And the crazy goes much deeper^

Wow. This goes beyond crazy and brainwashed and out the other side to "self-loathing latent lesbian".

abb3w: Would anyone like a balloon?

Help me out here. Why are you quoting Jefferson's views on slavery, and what's with the creepy furry art?

A proclamation from the great State of Farkistan:

Whereas, it has become apparent that the state of human development in the world has stagnated due to the influence of fundamentalist religion (Hitchens), and

Whereas, the vast majority of large-scale conflicts in the world today are based entirely in the concept of religious superiority and creed-mandated dominance over "heathen" peoples, and

Whereas, the United States in particular suffers in both world opinion and int its ability to achieve in the areas of science and medicine, due largely to the poisonous influences of religionists, specifically their pushing of nonsense creationist agendas and worshipping the false idols of blastocysts in cold storage, and

Whereas, the pervasive stigma against avowed humanists prohibits virtually all non-religious individuals from successfully attaining high political office without affecting the pretend trappings of a pretend religion, and

Whereas, the majority of remaining bigotry and discrimination against fellow humans the world over is consistently justified with reference to religious teachings and texts which have vanishing relevance to modern society, and

Whereas, the evidence-based sciences have consistently, uniformly, and in totality failed to produce one scintilla of evidence supporting the hypothesis that a supreme being exists, can hear our prayers, and becomes petulant when he does not receive our toadying, sycophantic flattery, and

Whereas, the problems which exist in the world today, including but not limited to overpopulation, hunger, war, disease, lack of education, lack of opportunity, and inequality will never be solved by relying on religious texts which suppress science and innovation,

Therefore, we, the citizens of Farkistan, do hereby and forthwith call on governments of cities, states, and countries of the world to repudiate any public policy which is directly or indirectly based on religious tenet or teaching, and we further call on all governments to recognize and reinforce the advanced and civilized idea that the right to freedom FROM religion should be respected on an equal level with freedom OF religion, and that, just as individual freedom does not extend to injuring others, religious freedom must be constrained so that it does not affect the choices, options, or futures of those who do not wish to believe or practice religion.

So sayeth the citizens of Fark, this Twenty-Seventh Day Of June, Year Two Thousand and Nine of the Common Era.

I wouldn't object to having signatories if people are so inclined.

Dahmers Love Zombie

jesus was a socialist.

dahmers love zombie: A proclamation from the great State of Farkistan:

<snip>

So sayeth the citizens of Fark, this Twenty-Seventh Day Of June, Year Two Thousand and Nine of the Common Era.

Farkin' A.
Benevolent Misanthrope

tequila party: jesus was a socialist.

Yeah, but he was ridiculous with those finger-bowls, right?

Sally Kern:


The nice thing about Sally Kern is she's a wonderful touchstone. I came out 16 years ago, where comments like hers weren't met with much opposition. It's amazing to me to see how much society has evolved since then and continues to get better.

So, thank you Sally, for showing how ignorance used to be, it's like a time machine into the past.

Too bad you stopped going backwards when it came to the rights of women to be elected into positions of power (as it says in your Bible ). But, baby steps, I guess.

If you love God, why do you try to thwart his divine justice?

dahmers love zombie: A proclamation from the great State of Farkistan:

Whereas, it has become apparent that the state of human development in the world has stagnated due to the influence of fundamentalist religion (Hitchens), and

Whereas, the vast majority of large-scale conflicts in the world today are based entirely in the concept of religious superiority and creed-mandated dominance over "heathen" peoples, and

Whereas, the United States in particular suffers in both world opinion and int its ability to achieve in the areas of science and medicine, due largely to the poisonous influences of religionists, specifically their pushing of nonsense creationist agendas and worshipping the false idols of blastocysts in cold storage, and

Whereas, the pervasive stigma against avowed humanists prohibits virtually all non-religious individuals from successfully attaining high political office without affecting the pretend trappings of a pretend religion, and

Whereas, the majority of remaining bigotry and discrimination against fellow humans the world over is consistently justified with reference to religious teachings and texts which have vanishing relevance to modern society, and

Whereas, the evidence-based sciences have consistently, uniformly, and in totality failed to produce one scintilla of evidence supporting the hypothesis that a supreme being exists, can hear our prayers, and becomes petulant when he does not receive our toadying, sycophantic flattery, and

Whereas, the problems which exist in the world today, including but not limited to overpopulation, hunger, war, disease, lack of education, lack of opportunity, and inequality will never be solved by relying on religious texts which suppress science and innovation,

Therefore, we, the citizens of Farkistan, do hereby and forthwith call on governments of cities, states, and countries of the world to repudiate any public policy which is directly or indirectly based on religious tenet or teaching, and we further call on all governments to recognize and reinforce the advanced and civilized idea that the right to freedom FROM religion should be respected on an equal level with freedom OF religion, and that, just as individual freedom does not extend to injuring others, religious freedom must be constrained so that it does not affect the choices, options, or futures of those who do not wish to believe or practice religion.

So sayeth the citizens of Fark, this Twenty-Seventh Day Of June, Year Two Thousand and Nine of the Common Era.

I'm going to go ahead and give this my signature. Well done.

I, Pechorin, sign on this charter for the Independence of the Republic of Farkistan.

This will certainly provide the motivation that God was waiting for before acting.

Your god will not save you or this nation from anything.

And declare holy war on the "evil morally liberal US" any time you want, it will just give the Fed an example to teach you what real martyrdom is,and you'll actually have something to whine about if you live.

thamike: abb3w: Would anyone like a balloon?

Help me out here. Why are you quoting Jefferson's views on slavery, and what's with the creepy furry art?

That's not a furry. That's an imp. Big difference.

And this is just disturbing as all hell. How can a congresswoman be so ignorant of the constitution?

/I draw a lot of imps for my comic
//I'm a non-theist, and this sort of Christian worries me greatly

zymosan: Hey Oklahoma, go fark yourselves.

I didn't elect this biatch. I was just born here.

This is not legally enforceable, so really, it's irrelevant trash.

Cake Hunter: WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis;

WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

Whereas: I read the word "whereas" in some official document once and believe it to be a word that makes me sound intelligent, lawyerly, and efficient; and,

Whereas: I believe that the colon, not the comma, is the correct follow-up to the word "whereas" in every instance of its use and find colons to be cool and interesting items of punctuation that I am looking forward to using frequently in this document; and,

Whereas: I am also a fan of the occasional use of CAPITALIZATION, and having seen this practice also performed in other important and official DOCUMENTS plan to do some of it in this one as well; and,

WHEREAS: I'm not really sure what "whereas" means, though, since it appears to be made up of the words "where" and "as" and it's not entirely clear to me how those two words relate to one another. In fact, it seems like it would be more appropriate to use a word like "Because" or even "Because of" or maybe even make up a word that's a combination of those two, like "becof;" but,

WHEREAS: I've never seen the word "becof" used in an important document before, so I guess it would seem silly to use it here when I want people to take me seriously; so,

WHEREAS: I'll just keep using "whereas" to start these paragraphs. But now I forgot what I came here to say. Damn.

Whereas: I guess that means I have to stop now.

Whereas.

/the above was written by Pocket Ninja and used without his permission

Godscrack: And the crazy goes much deeper^

Its almost like she thinks that gays should be killed.

What a nutbar.

America used to be more religious, and lo and behold there was less murder and drug use and crime. Correlation does equal causation, doncha know. We should also go back to slave ownership and have a king and stop driving cars.

OH god, how did i know it was sally kearns. This custering funt needs to be drug out in the street and shot. She's the same one who's anti-gay to the point of saying they don't deserve the same rights as u.s. citizens.

As the Supreme Overlord of Earth, I disprove of such grandiose statements as this proclamation.

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Shaggy_C: America used to be more religious, and lo and behold there was less murder and drug use and crime. Correlation does equal causation, doncha know. We should also go back to slave ownership and have a king and stop driving cars.

Don't forget the lower concentrations of CFCs and nuclear waste in the past, too. Religion prevents global warming and pollution!

GOP, the party of fiscal conservatism, spending money over and over again to try to get this crap passed...

I wonder how much staff time goes into these stupidities? The thousands of dollars in labor, the copying and distribution, the committee meetings....

And of course, that's all before the costs of the lawsuits starts to hit.

Every time you see the word "GOD" in legislation, it costs Americans money.

dahmers love zombie: Religion prevents global warming

With all that hot air they're spewing? I think not!

Looks like Florida exported some State level crazy. Same damn problem here, elected officials wanting to legislate morality

I love how she goes with the Adams quote. This proves she is either ignorant or dishonest. Adams was quite religious as a youth, but turned to Deism as he got older and became downright skeptical about religion.

LittleSmitty: legislate morality

This doesn't make sense to me. Aren't laws a statement of morality?

dahmers love zombie

[signed] Dr. Dreidel

// can I sign twice?

You know, what I fail to understand is this:
If you want to stand on the street corners and scream your prayers, I really don't care. Even if you want to do it in a State's Senate chamber, I'll not mind all that much (I'll object, but it's not like this law has any sort of punishments for skipping services).

Why invoke teh Jeebus? Are there not millions of good Americans who believe in (a) god(s) without the Christian dogma attached? I speak of Jews (like Rabbi Barry Freundel) Muslims (like Rep. Keith Ellison), Hindus, non-Jesus worshipping Christians (there are sects like that IIRC)...

FSM above, this kind of shiat only reinforces my decision to leave religion entirely. So thanks for turning this American further off religion, coont.

Cake Hunter: WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis;

It's true. Every leading economist I've read says "stimulus-shmimulus, cover up them knees."

Well, to an extent, she's right. Part of our economic woes came from people disregarding basic decency and grabbing as much as they could from anyone they could without any thought or regard for the consequences. That's a moral issue right there, although likely not the one she was thinking of.