| Cat Vincent ( @ 2008-01-08 12:55:00 |
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Xtianfuckwitwatch - the number of the Beasts
If you thought this was bad, check out Proposition 888:
' On December 18, 2007, Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) introduced H. Res. 888, a resolution "Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as 'American Religious History Week' for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith."
This resolution, which purports to promote "education on America's history of religious faith," is packed with the same American history lies found on the Christian nationalist websites, and in the books of pseudo-historians like David Barton. It lists a total of seventy-five "Whereas's," leading up to four resolves, the third of which is particularly disturbing -- that the U.S. House of Representatives "rejects, in the strongest possible terms, any effort to remove, obscure, or purposely omit such history from our Nation's public buildings and educational resources," a travesty of the highest magnitude, considering that most of the "history" this resolve aims to promote in our public buildings and schools IS NOT REAL! '
I'm sure it's pure coincidence that 888 is the number given to Jesus in the Qabbala...
Thanks to Wyldraven for the tip. Also from him, do check out the excellent Elizabeth Moon (SF writer, USMC veteran) on how swearing to uphold the Constitution and being a religious zealot are incompatible.