Thank God (or whomever your Deity is) that we still have the Oklahoma legislature to give us a good chuckle during this nasty time in our nation’s history.
Who else but those Oklahoma legislative self righteous harbingers of religious political correctness would force a vote on whether to admit the daily prayer to the official record?
I guess the boys and girls at the state Capitol don’t have enough to keep themselves occupied.
Oh sure, they could have been working on ways to boost the state’s economy or improve common education or healthcare or a dozen other topics that actually mean something to the public.
Nope.
Apparently they always have time for a little gay bashing. And they used the cloak of their alleged Christian faith to excuse their anything but Christian behavior.
Led by the usual band of suspects, those legislators who consistently beat the public to death with their particular brand of religion, made the House stop considering the important issues of the day to vote on this prayer.
The prayer? It was your usual "before the session begins" prayer, asking for Divine guidance and help. There was just one difference. It was given by a gay minister. One who had the audacity to mention his partner (along with some others) before giving the prayer.
Why must these guardians of the “there’s only one way to believe and that’s mine” school of religious thought constantly try to shove their brand of religion down the throats of everyone?
I guess they forgot that about 48% of our state voted for an openly gay man (with partner) for the Corporation Commission. It would appear that a substantial number of Oklahomans didn’t find his sexuality or his partner offensive.
Why do they?
In their mind there is no tolerance for other beliefs or lifestyles, no room for someone different.
I guess they’re scared, so unsure of their own faith that they can’t allow anyone who doesn’t practice the tenants of their particular religion to be seen or heard. That person or persons must be shouted down; must be driven off to some other place lest we hear about a different belief or lifestyle.
God forbid someone might not see Christianity as these trouble makers do.
These bastions of their faith seem hell bent on forcing everyone to believe like they do.
Whether it’s Christmas or Easter or whatever the upcoming Christian celebration is, you can count these members of the current day Sanhedrin to demand public celebrations of their faith, shouting from the highest rooftop that the US and Oklahoma are Christian only states.
Apparently, according to them, we’re also a heterosexual only state.
God heard the prayer.
It matters not to God whether a gay person or a straight person offers a prayer.
It’s offering the prayer that counts.
Let’s hope He answers this one.
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