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On Buying A Christian Potato

At Huffington Post, blogger Todd Hartley posts re: recent flap caused by failed resolution to declare Idaho to be a "Christian state":

I don't know if you heard, but earlier this week in Idaho, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee voted on a proposal to have Idaho declared a Christian state. I don't know what that means in terms of such a thing ever happening, but being that the opening words of the First Amendment are "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," I don't think that particular idea's going to make it very far. If the committee's proposal somehow becomes state law, however, I think it will be interesting to see what measures Idaho will be forced to take to show its Christianity. Some of it, of course, would be no-brainers. I mean, obviously all of Idaho's Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists and other "wackos" would have to get the hell out, but that shouldn't put too big a dent in the population. More here.

Thoughts?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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