Part 2 of GOP & The Party of Stupid

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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17584491-first-amendment-doesnt-apply-here-nc-lawmakers-push-bill-for-state-religion?lite

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First Amendment doesn't apply here: N.C. lawmakers push bill for state religion
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News, April 3, 2013

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have introduced a bill declaring that the state has the power to establish an official religion — a direct challenge to the First Amendment.

One professor of politics called the measure “the verge of being neo-secessionist,” and another said it was reminiscent of how Southern states objected to the Supreme Court’s 1954 integration of public schools.

The bill says that federal courts do not have the power to decide what is constitutional, and says the state does not recognize federal court rulings that prohibit North Carolina and its schools from favoring a religion.

The bill was introduced Monday by two Republican representatives from Rowan County, north of Charlotte, and sponsored by seven other Republicans. The party controls both chambers of the North Carolina Legislature.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/04/03/north-carolina-lawmakers-introduce-law-to-establish-an-official-state-religion/

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North Carolina Lawmakers Introduce Law To Establish An Official State Religion

4/03/2013 @ 11:10AM - What is it about GOP state legislators that drives them to create laws that have no hope of surviving constitutional scrutiny yet always succeed in running up millions in legal fees to be paid by taxpayers on the way to failure?

And why is it that these same lawmakers are always among the cry foul when taxpayer money is spent on things such as healthcare for children or food stamps for the hungry but gladly blow big money on useless challenges to the United States Constitution?

Apparently, helping kids and seniors get needed healthcare is a shameful waste of taxpayer money while paying lawyers big money to pursue hopeless cases that only serve to further political careers is both noble and enlightening.

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paying lawyers big money to pursue hopeless cases that only serve to further political careers is both noble and enlightening.

I would have thought you'd be in favor of that...

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[Andy9o8 3]

shaddap.

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On the bright side, there is no danger of Jon Stewart running out of new material.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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The bill says that federal courts do not have the power to decide what is constitutional, and says the state does not recognize federal court rulings that prohibit North Carolina and its schools from favoring a religion.

I am confident that the federal courts will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected legislature.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Andy9o8 3]

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The bill says that federal courts do not have the power to decide what is constitutional, and says the state does not recognize federal court rulings that prohibit North Carolina and its schools from favoring a religion.

I am confident that the federal courts will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected legislature.

Cute. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure it was a Republican-ly elected legislature.

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The bill says that federal courts do not have the power to decide what is constitutional, and says the state does not recognize federal court rulings that prohibit North Carolina and its schools from favoring a religion.

I am confident that the federal courts will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected legislature.

Cute. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure it was a Republican-ly elected legislature.

In all seriousness, the whole idea from the legislature is silly. Sorry, North Carolina - the 14th Amendment applies to you. In fact, you ratified it in 1968. So the 1st Amendment applies to you, as well.

My wife is hotter than your wife.