Back in November of this year, the Lexington Herald-Leader, found at Kentucky.com, printed a short article about Kentucky’s 2006 law establishing the state Office of Homeland Security (OHS). It talked about some controversial language, put in via a floor amendment of the law by state Rep. Tom Riner, D-Louisville, a Southern Baptist minister – which declares the initial duty of the OHS as: “stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth.”
Specifically, Homeland Security is ordered to publicize God’s benevolent protection in its reports, and it must post a plaque at the entrance to the state Emergency Operations Center with an 88-word statement that begins, “The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.”
Well, as things often go when religious wackos push their delusional fairy tales on others, some get upset. In this case, it’s those pesky atheists again.
The plaintiffs ask for the homeland security law to be stripped of its references to God. They also ask for monetary damages, claiming to have suffered sleeping disorders and “mental pain and anguish.”
“Plaintiffs also suffer anxiety from the belief that the existence of these unconstitutional laws suggest that their very safety as residents of Kentucky may be in the hands of fanatics, traitors or fools,” according to the suit.
I don’t know about the “mental pain and anguish” part, myself. You have to be pretty weak if you loose sleep because of the workings of a few religious morons – they’re everywhere in this country. I certainly agree with the first part, however, that the language must be stripped from the law, as it violates both the Kentucky and US Constitutions.
At least the Kansas Board of Education doesn’t have to feel so alone anymore in their fight to push unproven crap on the country.
Tags: homeland security, insanity, politics, Religion, stupidity
