Democrat State Representative Monique Davis, an Obama supporter and fellow disciple of “Reverend” Wright (he of the blame whitey church) has had a few choice words to say about atheists:
Listen to her fellow Democrats applauding and cheering her. Listen to the speaker deny him the right to respond. Curious.
Here’s the key part for those who can’t hear the audio:
Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago): “This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God…Get out of that seat . . . You have no right to be here! We believe in something. You believe in destroying! You believe in destroying what this state was built upon.”
Does Obama continue to welcome her support, or will he distance himself from her cruel and intolerant remarks? Maybe a better, question, will anyone even bother to ask him?
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i for one am going to e-mail this lady, in a nice but firm manner. she may not represent my state, but this attack on an American citizen is uncalled for and disgusting. i encourage you all e-mail here and politely but firmly explain why you are just as much of a citizen as any christian.
Land of Lincoln, eh?
‘My earlier views on the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation have become clearer and stronger with advancing years.’
- Abraham Lincoln
Did she not know that Lincoln rejected all religion, and died and awoved anti-theist?
What do expect from these people? And Canada sucks, eh
I like that Lincoln quote…I remember when I was young, the consensus on theism was, “just don’t be an athiest”…myself, after years of exegetical study, and personal experience with some formal education…my thesis is simply, That the bible can be a book used to prosper civil war. I always get nervous when churches continue to rely on the most persuasive book of the bible for such a hypothesis, when we read from the book of Isaiah. It is a story about civil war. Compounded by the fact that during the 1850’s (after a provincial period of the 1830’s prohibition) there was a theosophical movement going on in Europe. I do see the unquestionable thesis as a book for civil war…in that, technically, the “tongue in cheek” approach to American pragmatism began “popularly” at the turn of the 20th century…personally I don’t believe that…I would like to believe that American pragmatism and the “tongue in cheek” approach towards religion has it’s roots in a little earlier epoch of the country.
Frodo, that is just it!
Most of the Fathers of US Constitution were trying very hard to prevent the religious opressions that were so present in Europe from taking root in the fledling USA. That is why separation of state and religion was such a big thing for them.
And, though many were deists, most did not believe in any divine force of any kind…by today’s parlance, they were atheists. Yet, churches were the social centres of their day… and so much of their behaviour was carefully calculated to not offend.
Look at George Washington: he used to attend his local church, but would leave before the ‘communion’. Always. Until the cleric complained, saying he’s setting a bad example. So he stopped going altogether…
Yet, most American (meaning, US) theists cannot accept that their country was founded on ‘tolerant atheistis principles’, not ‘Judo-Christian principles’. They seem downright hostile when you point out their history to them…