Eblen Decries Wasteful Spending on Unconstitutional Activity

Tom expresses the point of view of many Christians - who are also faithful Americans. State representative Tom Riner's attempt to flaunt the Constitution by establishing religion is a wasteful exercise that gives all Kentuckians a bad name.

Sweet Jesus....save us from your followers.

This from Tom Eblen at the Herald-Leader:

Office of Homeland Security has no business promoting God

Someday, when state officials have added up all of the taxpayer money that will be spent on the lawsuit filed this week by an atheist group, I hope they will send the bill to state Rep. Tom Riner.

To help him pay it, Riner could then take up a collection among the legislators who supported his floor amendment...

...As a person of faith — and a fellow Christian — I agree with Riner's views about God's role in the security of our state, nation and world.

As an American citizen, though, I don't think it is government's place to promote God.

And, as a Kentucky taxpayer, I'm furious that tens of thousands of dollars of public money is likely to be spent litigating this obviously unconstitutional attempt to require government to do the work of churches, synagogues and mosques.

I wouldn't be so angry if this was an isolated case, but it's not. Certain stripes of Christians have, time and again, cost Kentucky taxpayers big bucks because they insist on mixing church and state...

What Establishment of Religion Looks Like

This from H-L, Cartoon by Joel Pett:

Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security

A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help.

American Atheists Inc. sued in state court over a 2002 law that stresses God's role in Kentucky's homeland security alongside the military, police agencies and health departments.

Of particular concern is a 2006 clause requiring the Office of Homeland Security to post a plaque that says the safety and security of the state "cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon almighty God" and to stress that fact through training and educational materials.

The plaque, posted at the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort, includes the Bible verse: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." ...

Establishment. Plain and simple.