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She's back! Arizona legislator suggests church attendance should be mandatory
Arizona Sen. Sylvia Allen won the Viral Emmy of Stupid a few years ago when she famously said, during a committee hearing on uranium mining, "the earth's been here 6,000 years" and has managed to survive human plundering this long, so don't worry about a little digging near the Grand Canyon. At the end of the video below, Sen. Allen also says that once the uranium is gone, the mining company will patch everything up and "You'll never even know the mine was there when they're done."
This Mensa candidate not only sits on the senate committee that oversees mining and other natural resource policies, she's also on the education committee. Heaven help us.
Actually, she would like heaven to help us, since apparently America is experiencing a "moral erosion" that can only be cured by more God. A devout Mormon, Sen. Allen travels dangerously close to the Cleon Skousen camp of dominionist LDS nutballs who believe the "divinely inspired" US Constitution is under attack by communists, gays, feminists and minorities, and only good white Christians can save us. Former Sen. Russell Pearce is also a Skousen acolyte; it's not hard to see where he got the idea for SB 1070, his "papers please" bill. Democracy is in danger, whites only need apply!
... So, during the debate on guns in public places, Sen. Allen let loose with another doozie:
"Probably we should be debating a bill requiring every American to attend a church of their choice on Sunday to see if we can get back to having a moral rebirth," adding "that would never be allowed." ...
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She later told reporters that this "erosion" began when "religion was kicked out of our public places, out of our schools." Wow, we must be one powerful species if we can expel the Almighty with a few court decisions!
Sen. Allen also said she wishes society today was more like the '50s, when "people prayed, people went to church." ...
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Sen. Allen can bellyache all she wants about America's "moral erosion," but the fact is, nearly every friggin' bill she sponsors or supports hurts somebody: children who want an education, women who want healthcare, Latino families who want to stay together, gays and lesbians who want equal treatment, the poor and elderly who want to vote, families who just need fucking food.
Here's an idea: Rather than make it mandatory for everyone to attend Sen. Allen's church, how 'bout we make it mandatory that she live in the real world for a change, so she can experience the disastrous effects of her "morality."
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She's back! Arizona legislator suggests church attendance should be mandatory (Original Post)
Panich52
Mar 2015
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elleng
(134,866 posts)1. 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.'
FIRST AMENDMENT of the CONSTITUTION
Wella
(1,827 posts)2. This is at least the 4th thread on this issue: the answer still is "prohibited by First Amendment"
This will not happen.
Rhiannon12866
(217,428 posts)3. Sounds like my boarding school...