LIBERADIO(!)

Jeff Woods from Pith in the Wind takes notice today that the even though the session is only two days old the legislature’s “Ministers of the Day” are bringing it with the bombast big time:

Today, retired Tennessee National Guard Lt. Col. Courtney Rodger–an invitee of House holy warrior Tony Shipley–insisted in her prayer that America is a Christian nation, no matter what certain unnamed “godless and apathetic” commie rats may say. We’re not a Judeo-Christian nation, mind you, or a nation of Christians and Jews and Muslims and many different faiths who share a certain set of values. No, we are a Christian nation. Got it?

Speaking of American soldiers in the Middle East, Rodger said: “We pray that their sacrifices are not in vain, lost to a godless and apathetic nation. For it has been declared to the world that we are no longer a Christian nation. But as Americans, we cannot turn our backs on our history for it cannot be erased.”

Seems to me that the easiest way to make this process more in tune with our nation’s founding principles is to invite ministers of all faiths to say the opening prayer. To make it even more representative of the people of the state, the number of days in the session given to each religion could be divided based on the percentage of the different faiths represented (with at least one day promised to each).

Tennessee’s religious majority is Christian so obviously a Christian prayer would be said most days. But based on the other percentage of religions, there can be x number of Hebrew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc. prayers.

And maybe one day there can even be no prayer at all but a simple moment of silence instead.

I mean, the legislature represents all people of the state no matter what their religious affiliation, right? So, this seems like a perfectly reasonable way to move forward. Why would anyone have a problem with it?