Bill to make Bible Louisiana's official state book passes House Committee

[The Straight Story]

Legislation that would make the Holy Bible the official state book of Louisiana cleared the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs with a vote of 8-5. It will now head to the full House of Representatives for consideration.

Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, originally filed a bill to declare a specific copy of the Bible, found in the Louisiana State Museum system, the official state book. But legislators became concerned that the proposal wasn't broad enough and did not reflect the breadth of Bibles used by religious communities.

In particular, some legislators worried that singling out the King James version of the Bible would not properly reflect the total culture of Louisiana. The Catholic Church, for example, does not use the King James version of the Bible, which is affiliated with the Protestant Church.

"Let's make this more inclusive of other Christian faiths, more than just the ones that use the King James version," said Rep. Stephen Ortego, D-Carencro.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/04/holy_bible_louisianas_official.html

[randys1]

1. remarkable

stupid people really anger me

[elleng]

4. Me too, randys,

but I don't know why they anger me. Stupid is stupid.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. They are just going to keep pusing and pushing until they reach a point that someone pushes back,

and then they will cry " persecution". It's a cheap way to appeal to the RWNJ voters.

[randys1]

5. so you didnt hear huckabee today?

you said they will cry persecution

you are a smart person

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/08/mike-huckabee-not-homophobic-but-on-the-right-side-of-the-bible/

he explains that he is taking a kicking in the teeth over and over because we wont let him HATE Gay people

folks, how much more can we take????

[Arkansas Granny]

9. No, I hadn't seen that, but it's par for the course.

When they get called out for their bigotry, they start crying about losing their rights.

[NightWatcher]

3. In an all out sprint away from science and toward the 2nd Dark Ages...

We get it, you love your god and will wallow in willful ignorance like a pig in mud. Go for it, but please don't complain when.....




I'm gonna stop now, but holy shit I do hate this degree of happy stupidity.

[JoePhilly]

6. What did they pick for the non-fiction category?

[asjr]

7. I have often wondered if the ones who "wrote"

the Bible had proof readers to follow up for misspelling.

[onethatcares]

8. the Louisiana Taliban

coming soon to a city near you.

[11 Bravo]

10. Republicans must have some dumb shit sitting in a closet somewhere wondering ...

"Hey, what unconstitutional thing that doesn't have a fucking prayer of surviving a legal challenge can we do today?"

[avebury]

11. This type of junk legislation will only encourage

the idiot Oklahoma State Legislature to go the same route.