"A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists"
by Laura Gottesdiener , November 21, 2012
"In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
"..."This is one of the most egregiously and breathtakingly unconstitutional actions by a state legislature that I've ever seen," said Edwin Kagin, the legal director of American Atheists', a national organization focused defending the civil rights of atheists. American Atheists’ launched a lawsuit against the law in 2008, which won at the Circuit Court level, but was then overturned by the state Court of Appeals.
"...A practicing Baptist minister, Riner is solely devoted to his faith--even when that directly conflicts with his job as state representative.
"...The law requires that plaques celebrating the power of the Almighty God be installed outside the state Homeland Security building--and carries a criminal penalty of up to 12 months in jail if one fails to comply. The plaque’s inscription begins with the assertion, “The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.” "
by Laura Gottesdiener , November 21, 2012
"In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
"..."This is one of the most egregiously and breathtakingly unconstitutional actions by a state legislature that I've ever seen," said Edwin Kagin, the legal director of American Atheists', a national organization focused defending the civil rights of atheists. American Atheists’ launched a lawsuit against the law in 2008, which won at the Circuit Court level, but was then overturned by the state Court of Appeals.
"...A practicing Baptist minister, Riner is solely devoted to his faith--even when that directly conflicts with his job as state representative.
"...The law requires that plaques celebrating the power of the Almighty God be installed outside the state Homeland Security building--and carries a criminal penalty of up to 12 months in jail if one fails to comply. The plaque’s inscription begins with the assertion, “The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.” "
Though we here at One Saint have acknowledged the need to bring this country back to God, we smell something fishy here. Homeland Security is not usually a government agency that acknowledges the need for prayer. We smell a rat, and define it in this way: As we march toward our future homecoming with the Lord Jesus Christ, the media will portray Christians as crazier and crazier, perhaps even as evil. Christians are going to need to be eradicated, if a one world government is the goal. Beware, "something is rotten in the state of Denmark," to quote William Shakespeare. Substitute the United States of America, and William Shakespeare had it right. Beware of doublespeak; if you look, you can find it most anywhere.
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