"So help me Flying Spaghetti Monster"?

[thewayne]

"Let me be clear. Americans have freedom of religion -- but not freedom from religion."
—Texas Congressman Sam Johnson, on the Preserve and Protect God in Military Oaths Act, which would require Air Force Academy cadets to say "So help me God"

*sigh* Exactly where in the Constitution does it say you must follow A religion?

When I was attending local college campuses (I'm now in an online mode) I always wanted to start a Campus Crusade for Cthulhu: It found me! campaign. Cthulhu saves: in case he's hungry later.

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

And then we have an Arizona state senator suggesting church attendance on Sunday should be mandatory.. though, at least without the useless waste of time of a bill that these sorts typically conjure up to help trumpet their piety.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Arizona is so weird, I praise the FSM whenever I think about me leaving the state of my birth 10 years ago. I don't know what's happened, if it was the Y2K redistricting/gerrymandering that screwed it up so or what.

I don't know how much you've been following the Real ID national law here. It was passed post-9/11 and it kind of standardized driver's licenses with certain features. Arizona has gone through two or three DL redesigns since the law went in to effect, and they still don't meet the standard required by the law, and they're not getting any more waivers. Because FEDERAL GUBMINT STEPPING ON STATES RIGHTS! or something like that.

Now, as a result, Arizona citizens will have to show a current passport to get on airplanes -- there's currently an 8 week waiting list to get an APPOINTMENT at a post office to get a passport! Last week Tuesday I stopped at my local post office, I had printed out my passport application, it took 15 minutes or so to take the photo and do everything else, and the woman said they're running about 2.5 weeks right now -- fortunately NM passports go to Colorado for processing, AZ goes to San Francisco and they've just been buried.