Sunday, March 15, 2015
Sane, but won't happen
Oklahoma often comes up with sane solutions. Previously some of those solutions (eg FDIC) went national. Now, of course, sanity is perfectly illegal and more.
Still, it's nice to see some last-gasp symbolic efforts toward sanity by people who are actually in office. It takes real guts to withstand infinite blackmail and death threats.
Sparked by controversy over same-sex marriages, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would abolish government-issued Oklahoma marriage licenses. “The point of my legislation is to take the state out of the process and leave marriage in the hands of the clergy,” said state Rep. Todd Russ, R-Cordell, the bill’s House author. “Marriage was historically a religious covenant first and a government-recognized contract second. Under my bill, the state is not allowing or disallowing same-sex marriage. It is simply leaving it up to the clergy.”In a supposedly secular government, this is the only rational way to do it. Government should never participate in a religious function. That's the precise meaning of the First Amendment. Even if this bill makes it through the other house and the governor, Federal satans will instantly squash it. And of course, lawyersatans have already jumped in:
The legislation has sparked controversy, both in the Legislature and with groups such as Americans United for Separation of Church and State. ... Americans United released a statement opposing the bill, saying it is biased against same-sex couples and nontheists, including atheists.We're infinitely beyond Orwell now. Sanity is Dead Before Arrival. A law that SPECIFICALLY AND EXACTLY AND EXPLICITLY SEPARATES CHURCH AND STATE is sued down to bedrock by an organization called "Americans United for Separation of Church and State". ¶ 2:40 AM
