The actual quote came from Red Skelton ages ago.
"Do you know how to tell a Texan? No, but you can't tell him much"
I live in Texas and these people embarass me too.
What seems to be forgotten in all this is:
The Constitution of the United States lays out a country "Of the people, by the people, and for the people", not "Of the church, by the church, and for the Church". We the people need to remember that and enforce it. Our constitution dictates a "separation of church and state".
That is the basic thing the tenet trying to be rewritten or overturned in all the battles with creationist or any others who want to force religious laws on the United States. The wish to create a theocracy rather than a democracy.
Yes the United States was formed "under God" but not "of God and of the church". It doesn't change anything. We are not a theocracy but a democracy, at least technically.
I live in Texas and this whole incident is embarrassing to say the least.
Several years back, when the fundamental religionist were having trouble electing people to higher offices the stated their goal was to quietly elect people to local governments, school boards, and the like. This would give them a foothold to influence policy at the local level, then move on to the state level. Onward and Upward as the Kansas state motto says. This isn't just a Texas issue, it hit in Pennsylvania and Kansas first. Look around your local and state school boards and check the back ground of those who have been elected, then decide to do something about it. Campaign and vote for candidates who will uphold our Constituiton and the separation of church and state, not subvert it.
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The actual quote came from Red Skelton ages ago. "Do you know how to tell a Texan? No, but you can't tell him much" I live in Texas and these people embarass me too.
What seems to be forgotten in all this is: The Constitution of the United States lays out a country "Of the people, by the people, and for the people", not "Of the church, by the church, and for the Church". We the people need to remember that and enforce it. Our constitution dictates a "separation of church and state". That is the basic thing the tenet trying to be rewritten or overturned in all the battles with creationist or any others who want to force religious laws on the United States. The wish to create a theocracy rather than a democracy. Yes the United States was formed "under God" but not "of God and of the church". It doesn't change anything. We are not a theocracy but a democracy, at least technically. I live in Texas and this whole incident is embarrassing to say the least. Several years back, when the fundamental religionist were having trouble electing people to higher offices the stated their goal was to quietly elect people to local governments, school boards, and the like. This would give them a foothold to influence policy at the local level, then move on to the state level. Onward and Upward as the Kansas state motto says. This isn't just a Texas issue, it hit in Pennsylvania and Kansas first. Look around your local and state school boards and check the back ground of those who have been elected, then decide to do something about it. Campaign and vote for candidates who will uphold our Constituiton and the separation of church and state, not subvert it.