Why I want out

Wild conspiracy theories suck, don't they? I avoid them - by only quoting reliable and "mainstream" news articles. I may stray every so often, but not often, and I explain why.

Anyway, to my point. I'm sure some, even on the left, would wonder why I'm so rabidly anti-religious. After all, what's the harm having a belief in God, right?

The answer is pretty simple. Since the election of George Bush, those that were repressing their true point of view no longer feel they have to hide. It's as if George Bush suddenly announced he was a vampire, and the rest of the vampires you had no idea existed, suddenly came out of the casket, - as police officers, and teachers, and politicians... and Alabama Supreme Court Justices.

While it is quite fine to have religious viewpoints, it's another to impose them on other people who are deserving of fair and impartial treatment, based on sound reason. Would you want that Christian police officer to arrest you because you violated an admonition in the old testament, even though it's not technically a violation of the law?

I thought not. But we are on that path, and that's not a joke.

Again, I want to remind all of you of the total lack of Christian influence in the Constitution of the United States. It is a totally secular humanist document. It was designed that way for a very important reason; to protect the rights of all people, not just people of a particular religion.

The Alabama Supreme Court issued a 100-+ page ruling in a child custody case. Why did it take so many pages? Because seven of the nine judges filed separate opinions. Why did they have to do this?

Because they could not agree on which Bible verses were most applicable to the case in question.

I shit you not...

From the Alabama news Roundup

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A divided Alabama Supreme Court decided a child custody dispute Friday with a history-making decision citing legal precedent, the Bible, and parents' relationship with God.

Justice Tom Parker, who wrote a dissenting opinion, noted that in the more than 7,100 cases in the Supreme Court's database, "this is the first case in which Justices of the Court have issued seven separate opinions."

Their opinions totaled 100 pages, which is unusually long for the state's highest court. The other decisions released by the Supreme Court Friday averaged 30 pages.

Five justices concurred with the lower court's decision, with noting that the father "had never spent 24 hours alone with his son."

Citing Psalms 127:3-5, [Justice Lyn Stewart] wrote that children are a gift from God, but they come with responsibilities.

In a lone dissent, Parker quoted from Romans 13:1-2, which says "there is no authority except from God." Parker wrote that God, not the state, has given parents the rights and responsibilities to raise their children.

In Alabama, you may very well be judged by bible verses. That is not how the law works in the United States, but is clearly another step in the insidious path towards a Christian theocracy in this country.


via corrente: