# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 933
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18642 "2015-01-24T00:09:25Z")
Where’s the bill requiring divorces to only be performed by ordained ministers? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18643 "2015-01-24T00:16:12Z")
Those will still be handled, and billed for, by a similar sort of dedicated professionals with a different polarity of ordination. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18644 "2015-01-24T00:17:36Z")
Finally! A Republican who wants gun control! Senator Dan Sullivan, (R) Alaska has introduced an amendment to the Keystone Pipeline bill that would [disarm EPA law enforcement officers](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/23/the-keystone-bill-s-most-hilarious-amendment-protecting-chicken-alaska.html): > [@](#): > > Sullivan’s amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline bill—expected to be voted as soon as Monday— bars officials from Environmental Protection Agency from carrying guns, a direct result of a “raid” conducted in a tiny gold mining town in 2013. A town called Chicken. > > “Over the last several years, the EPA’s criminal enforcement arm has engaged in reckless and intrusive practices—including the 2013 raid of placer miners in Chicken, Alaska,” said Sullivan in a statement. “With the ever expanding jurisdiction of the EPA under this Administration, this amendment would provide a check on the EPA—which hasn’t always had the authority to carry firearms.” > > … > > For its part, the EPA said in a statement that their special agents “like any law enforcement official, carry firearms as part of their assigned equipment.” > > “These officials receive training and follow the same rules and regulations as other law enforcement officials,” the statement said. “Their work involves the potential for confrontation, and to remove this basic law enforcement tool from the hands of EPA agents could put the safety of the officers—and the public—at risk.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18645 "2015-01-24T00:22:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > require that [marriages may only be performed by ordained ministers](http://newsok.com/oklahoma-bill-would-put-an-end-to-marriage-licenses/article/5386633). So forget getting married if you’re an atheist. Business Opportunity: [The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: Paper Certificates of Ordination](http://www.venganza.org/ordination/) - The cost is $25. It’s not hard for an Agnostic/Atheist to get ordained. [Some of the outfits](http://www.themonastery.org/catalog/faq.php) even offer help if the county clerks office gives you any crap about your credentials. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18646 "2015-01-24T00:38:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > At least Oklahoma state legislators are equal opportunity haters. There is another bill before the state legislature to require that [marriages may only be performed by ordained ministers](http://newsok.com/oklahoma-bill-would-put-an-end-to-marriage-licenses/article/5386633). So forget getting married if you’re an atheist. The money shot in that article: > [@](#): > > “Oklahoma voted overwhelmingly against same-sex marriage, and yet the Supreme Court stuck it down our throats,” Russ said. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18647 "2015-01-24T00:57:39Z")
Usually “rammed” or “stuffed”, isn’t it? As anyone posted yet about Sarah Palin and deflated balls? > **[Sarah Palin rips GOP leadership for ‘deflated balls’ ](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sarah-palin-rips-gop-leadership-deflated-balls-article-1.2089272)** > > Sarah Palin called out Beltway Republicans for “deflated balls.” \*\*Sarah Palin rips GOP leadership for ‘deflated balls’ \*\* I feel a little bad that I can’t make shit like this up, but then, who could? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18648 "2015-01-24T01:10:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Louie Gohmert, R-Insane: “[Watching Selma made me think of radical Islam](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/23/1359738/-America-s-Dumbest-Congressman-says-Selma-shows-why-we-should-fight-radical-Islam?detail=facebook)” He reminds me of a Gringotts’ gnome with his complete lack of compassion. Except he’s stupid and crazy. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18649 "2015-01-24T01:14:16Z")
Ahem, they were goblins, not gnomes. :o ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18650 "2015-01-24T01:22:06Z")
Though, clearly, Louie speaks their language. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18651 "2015-01-24T01:41:33Z")
Fifty years ago, Texas goobers like him were cursing the ground MLK walked on, now he invokes his name to support his case. Progress. Gotta love it. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18652 "2015-01-24T01:41:40Z")
[Senator Wants DUI Charges Dismissed Citing that Lawmakers are “Privileged from Arrest”](http://thefreethoughtproject.com/senator-dui-charges-dismissed-citing-lawmakers-privileged-arrest/) > [@](#): > > A Kentucky state senator is having no reservations about proclaiming his political privilege. In fact, he’s simply citing a section of the Kentucky constitution that claims politicians are in fact, above the law. > > Sen. Brandon Smith (R) was charged with driving under the influence and wants the case dismissed citing that lawmakers are “privileged from arrest.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18653 "2015-01-24T02:30:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There is another bill before the state legislature to require that [marriages may only be performed by ordained ministers](http://newsok.com/oklahoma-bill-would-put-an-end-to-marriage-licenses/article/5386633). So forget getting married if you’re an atheist. Good God, do legislators not even pass high school civics classes anymore? The government instituting a religious test. Totes awesome. Much wow legislature, guys. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18654 "2015-01-24T02:35:22Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Business Opportunity: [The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: Paper Certificates of Ordination](http://www.venganza.org/ordination/) - The cost is $25. > It’s not hard for an Agnostic/Atheist to get ordained. [Some of the outfits](http://www.themonastery.org/catalog/faq.php) even offer help if the county clerks office gives you any crap about your credentials. Unfortunately, each church has not only its own doctrines but also its own culture and customs. In this one, instead of throwing rice at the bride and groom (or, bride and bride or groom and groom or whatevs) . . . well, it gets kinda messy. Unless you want a Reform ceremony. Then they at least omit the sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18655 "2015-01-24T02:54:09Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Good God, do legislators not even pass high school civics classes anymore? The government instituting a religious test. Totes awesome. Much wow legislature, guys. Education is a liberal, un-American ploy. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18656 "2015-01-24T03:04:09Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Senator Wants DUI Charges Dismissed Citing that Lawmakers are “Privileged from Arrest”](http://thefreethoughtproject.com/senator-dui-charges-dismissed-citing-lawmakers-privileged-arrest/) Well, it looks like he _was_ arrested, so he failed to properly invoke his privilege. Now all he has to do is show the judge that he keeps a bottle of rye in his desk, or that some other legislator does. Because, if he stopped at a watering hole, it would no longer be “to” or “from” a session. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18657 "2015-01-24T03:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Rick Kitchen View Post > Louie Gohmert, R-Insane: “Watching Selma made me think of radical Islam” > [@eschereal](#): > > Are you sure you spelled “Louie Gohmerde” correctly? I see what you did there. 😛 [Huckabee: America Needs To Know Laws ‘Come From God,’ Not Man](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-huckabee-secular-theocracy) But, of course, not Sharia Law. > [@](#): > > “We cannot survive as a republic if we do not become, once again, a God-centered nation that understands that our laws do not come from man, they come from God,” he said on the show “Life Today.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18658 "2015-01-24T03:30:20Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Women in the GOP remind me of the Log Cabin Republicans, they are either crazy, stupid, or completely fine with being treated as subhuman. [Freak Squad has the **ability!**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_Show_(TV_series)#The_Freak_Squad) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18659 "2015-01-24T03:32:06Z")
Boy, those Log Cabin Republicans, though, they ain’t goin’ for subtle . . . “So, how many logs have you had in your cabin, Senator?” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18660 "2015-01-24T03:44:12Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Good God, do legislators not even pass high school civics classes anymore? The government instituting a religious test. Totes awesome. Much wow legislature, guys. I refuse to believe they are that stupid, I attribute their ignorance to malice. They know they can’t pass it, but they throw that kind of red meat to their brainless constituents ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18661 "2015-01-24T03:52:02Z")
Call that the “stupid Yogosouth idea of the day”. You just basically called 50 million women crazy and/or stupid. Fortunatley, you only called a few million gays crazy and stupid. Let’s hope you don’t expound on the couple million African-Americans who vote Republican. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=932) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=934)