{"id":6362,"date":"2009-05-22T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/05\/the-bible-bill.html"},"modified":"2009-05-22T17:18:38","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T17:18:38","slug":"the-bible-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/05\/the-bible-bill.html","title":{"rendered":"The Bible Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no reason to legislate a special year for the Bible<\/a>, the government has no say over it’s importance in history or in our lives. That history, literature and society has been impacted by it, is quite evident. The effort is piddling in comparison:<\/p>\n

When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 2009, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes you’ll be ringing in “the Year of the Bible.”
\nIt’s probably just wishful thinking.
\nBroun’s simple congressional resolution aimed at honoring the Good Book has produced a push-back of biblical proportion in the blogosphere, with critics dismissing it as either unconstitutional or a waste of time. Jews in Congress and atheist activists are dismissing the resolution, while none of the many Democrats in Congress who are Christian have bothered to sign on as co-sponsors.
\n[…]
\n“This doesn’t have anything to do with Christianity,” he said in an interview with POLITICO. Rather, he says, it seeks to recognize that the Bible played an integral role in the building of the United States, including providing the basis for our freedom of religion that allows Muslims, Hindus and even atheists to vocalize their own beliefs.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BTW, for everyone who is up in arms over this, the article notes that we’ve already had a year of the Bible in 1983 which Ronald Reagan designated with Congress’ blessing.
\nAnd then there’s this:<\/p>\n

“Republican lawmakers with apparently too much time on their hands and no solutions to offer the country are pushing a resolution that will not address the nation’s problems or advance prosperity or even untangle their previous governing mistakes,” blogged the Progressive Puppy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Um…I suggest that this blogger should check out what the Democrats were legislating last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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