In Illinois, no less. Monique Davis (D-Religious Bigot) is a scary, scary woman. And one without much confidence in the strength of her beliefs, apparently. The siren song of atheism is so powerful, it travels through the aether, causing Christians to renounce their faith in nanoseconds. If Rep. Davis had her way, there would be a lot of forced conversions, like in Queen Isabella's Castile in the 15th C.E. In Monique Davis' version of America, there would be two classes of citizens, Christians, and Others. The Others would be forced to wear special clothing so that Christian parents could tell their children to avert their eyes so as to avoid the spreading of "dangerous" ideas.
Eric Zorn transcribes a bit of a recent hearing in the General Assembly.
Davis: I don’t know what you have against God, but some of us don’t have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it’s really a tragedy -- it’s tragic -- when a person who is engaged in anything related to God, they want to fight. They want to fight prayer in school.
I don’t see you (Sherman) fighting guns in school. You know?
I’m trying to understand the philosophy that you want to spread in the state of Illinois. This is the Land of Lincoln. This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God, where people believe in protecting their children.… What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it’s dangerous--
Rob Sherman: What’s dangerous, ma’am?
Davis: It’s dangerous to the progression of this state. And it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists! Now you will go to court to fight kids to have the opportunity to be quiet for a minute. But damn if you’ll go to [court] to fight for them to keep guns out of their hands. I am fed up! Get out of that seat!
Sherman: Thank you for sharing your perspective with me, and I’m sure that if this matter does go to court---
Davis: 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.
[From Change of Subject - Observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades | Chicago Tribune | Blog]
I have zero problem with any person's religious choices, as long as they don't impinge upon my (non)religious choices. Agents of intolerance like Monique Davis, Mike Huckabee, Fred Phelps frighten me.
Not sure of the context of guns in the above exchange, but perhaps Rep. Davis is worried about worship of false idols (e.g. weapons) in schools?
