Is it that Missouri "declares" Christianity its official religion, or just that some legislators have proposed such a resolution? (Either are worth condemning, I think, but it's important to have a sense of what exactly is happening.)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Dudley > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:58 AM > To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > Subject: Missouri declares Christianity its official religion. > > > Via Eschaton: Missouri legislators in Jefferson City > considered a bill > that would name Christianity the state's official "majority" > religion. > House Concurrent Resolution 13 has is pending in the state > legislature. > Many Missouri residents had not heard about the bill until > Thursday. > Karen Aroesty of the Anti-defamation league, along with other > watch-groups, began a letter writing and email campaign to stop the > resolution. The resolution would recognize "a Christian god," and it > would not protect minority religions, but "protect the > majority's right > to express their religious beliefs. The resolution also recognizes > that, "a greater power exists," and only Christianity > receives what the > resolution calls, "justified recognition." State > representative David > Sater of Cassville in southwestern Missouri, sponsored the > resolution, > but he has refused to talk about it on camera or over the > phone. KMOV > also contacted Gov. Matt Blunt's office to see where he stands on the > resolution, but he has yet to respond. > > Jean Dudley > http://jeansvoice.blogspot.com > Future Law Student > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, > see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be > viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read > messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; > and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the > messages to others. > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
