Looks like North Carolina may be vying to take the Southern Shame crown away from Georgia.
Two of its state legislators have introduced a bill -- with the Speaker of the House as a co-sponsor -- which would allow the state to establish a state religion. In doing so, it would explicitly assert that the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution applied only to the federal government.
They claim that, even though the Bill of Rights prohibits the federal government from establishing a religion, this does not apply to the states.
Let's get the straight. The Bill of Rights -- amendments to the U. S. Constitution -- applies only to the federal government; the states are not bound by these same declared rights?
If upheld, this would mean that states could violate the any federal law, wouldn't it? I mean, if you can ignore the amendments to the constitution, mere laws are that much less binding.
So states could, with impunity, ignore the voting rights act, the orders to desegregate schools, any gun control laws, and just about anything else you can think of.
What were these people thinking? This wouldn't stand up in court for one minute. But it shows the level of resentment against Washington and Obama that is just short of paranoia.
It's getting scary.
Ralph
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Well, that one played out fast. The Speaker of the NC House has nixed the bill; says he won't bring it to the floor.
ReplyDeleteA HuffPost/Y0uGov poll shows that 32% want a constitutional amendment to establish Christianity as the official religion of the U. S. (52% opposed). But 32% is a significant number, even if it falls short of a majority.
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