For The Love Of God

Brother Attaturk references the stunning power grab by wingnuts in the House here, and as he is apt to do, made a good bit of farce out of the vote. What is stunning is not just that these creeps want to deprive the courts of even the right to determine the constitutionality of the laws that are passed (Marbury v. Madison anyone?), but the reasons these people use are, well, off the charts:

"We should not and cannot rewrite history to ignore our spiritual heritage," said Rep. Zach Wamp (news, bio, voting record), R-Tenn. "It surrounds us. It cries out for our country to honor God."

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Rep. Todd Akin (news, bio, voting record), R-Mo., who sponsored the measure, said that denying a child the right to recite the pledge was a form of censorship. "We believe that there is a God who gives basic rights to all people and it is the job of the government to protect those rights," he said.

I hold this truth to be self-evident: these people are fucking nuts.