“that the General Assembly and the governing bodies of political subdivisions may extend to ministers, clergypersons, and other individuals the privilege to offer invocations or other prayers at meetings or sessions of the General Assembly or governing bodies”
Wouldn’t this make those attending government functions be forced to listen to the politician’s minister of choice, unless done in a completely unbiased manner? I’ll give 5 to 1 odds that it’ll be a cold day in hell before an imam gets to do the invocation.
Kids at Louisiana charter schools will now be learning that humans lived alongside dinosaurs and that the KKK was mostly a force for good, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Kenneth Parcell.
Even better, wait from the wailing from the good Christian folk of Missouri when Muslim students start bailing out of classes for their call to prayer. After all, the voters just said nobody can stop it! Can’t they even read what they’re voting on? Or does “Almighty God” mean just the God of good, moral Christians and absolutely nobody else?
Actually, I hope the members of some obscure religion choose to sacrifice a goat before an algebra exam. That would be hilarious. (Except for the goat.)
I tend to agree. I saw this yesterday, and after reading through the list of stuff in the amendment, my first thought was, “Great going, geniuses! You’ve written an amendment that simply restates the rights you already have.”
Well, look at it this way: classes will spend the whole semester watching the documentaries Birth of a Nation and The Flintstones*, so they’ll never have time to look at the textbooks.
*female students will doubtless be excused from these showings to make sure they don’t get any ideas about dressing up all slutty like Betty Rubble.
I’m going to guess that they’re banking on anything but christian worship being labeled licentious or inconsistent with the good order, peace or safety of the state, or with the rights of others.
This is what happens when a referendum is held during a primary involving only one party instead of during a general election. Might have passed anyway, but given the subject and the primary, it was a sure thing.
At least one (and probably more) would just as soon see them all leave the state, given that someone just burned down the mosque in Joplin, Missouri. No freedom of religion, there.