Kentucky Judge says Homeland Security isn't Dependent on God

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In a story that is sure to get Dick Cheney out of his undisclosed location, a Judge in Kentucky struck down a 2006 state law that required the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to stress:

dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the commonwealth.

That's right. State Law required the state's Homeland Security office to give God the credit for keeping Kentucky safe from terrorist attacks. For three years, the office has been required to credit "Almighty God" in their official reports and post a plaque with similar language at the state's Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort.

Because Al Qaeda is falling all over themselves to attack the Kentucky Derby unless the Almighty Christian God steps in?

Wow.

Judge Thomas Wingate ruled that the confounding law violated the First Amendment's protection against the establishment of a state religion:

This is the very reason the Establishment Clause was created: to protect the minority from the oppression of the majority. The commonwealth's history does not exclude God from the statutes, but it had never permitted the General Assembly to demand that its citizens depend on Almighty God.

And who was the person who put the law in place to begin with? That honor goes to Southern Baptist Minister and State Rep. Tom Riner (D-Louisville), who slipped the language in during a vote on a homeland security bill.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12697/kentucky-judge-says-homeland-security-isnt-dependent-on-god

[rocktivity]

1. I guess some organizations will say ANYTHING

to avoid being sued.

:crazy:
rocktivity

[ccharles000]

2. kick