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Related: About this forumTYT: State Politicians Want To Declare Idaho Officially Christian
"Members of a county Republican Party in Idaho are to take up a measure that would declare the state a Christian one to bolster what the proposal calls the "Judeo-Christian bedrock of the founding of the United States."
The resolution to be voted on by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee is non-binding, meaning it does not have the effect of laws or rules.
The proposal seeks that Idaho be "formally and specifically declared a Christian state," guided by a Judeo-Christian faith reflected in the U.S. Declaration of Independence where all authority and power is attributed to God, the resolution reads."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/idaho-christian-state_n_6747826.html
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TYT: State Politicians Want To Declare Idaho Officially Christian (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Mar 2015
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. https://shocknetradio.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/cross-gop.jpg
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)2. Perfect
When fascism comes to America, it will come carrying the Cross and wrapped in the American flag.
-- Sinclair Lewis
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)4. +1
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. "No religious test"
Duh.
Initech
(100,102 posts)5. Try it, it will get laughed out of SCOTUS.