The Lexicographer's Rules

State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri’s official religion.

As I noted previously, my home state is overrun with crazies and nutjobs. Where’s that good country sense Mule-Staters used to be known for?

If I were still in Missouri, for every office in every state election I’d write in Aku Ankka like the Finnish do.

(Props to Maud for the link.)

The news article does not accurately describe the bill in question. There is nothing in the bill about making Christianity an “official” or “majority” religion. It’s simply a non-binding resolution that expresses the opinion that voluntary prayer in school and religious displays on public property are not violation of the separation of church and state.

Now you can still disagree with it (as I do), but it’s not the wild-eyed crazy talk that the article makes it out to be.

The text of the HCR 13 is as follows:

“Whereas, our forefathers of this great nation of the United States recognized a Christian God and used the principles afforded to us by Him as the founding principles of our nation; and

“Whereas, as citizens of this great nation, we the majority also wish to exercise our constitutional right to acknowledge our Creator and give thanks for the many gifts provided by Him; and

“Whereas, as elected officials we should protect the majority’s right to express their religious beliefs while showing respect for those who object; and

“Whereas, we wish to continue the wisdom imparted in the Constitution of the United States of America by the founding fathers; and

“Whereas, we as elected officials recognize that a Greater Power exists above and beyond the institutions of mankind:

“Now, therefore, be it resolved by the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, that we stand with the majority of our constituents and exercise the common sense that voluntary prayer in public schools and religious displays on public property are not a coalition of church and state, but rather the justified recognition of the positive role that Christianity has played in this great nation of ours, the United States of America.”