La noticia nos informa como Rob Sherman, quien junto a su hija demandó al estado de Illinois para detener el "momento de silencio" en las escuelas públicas, se encontraba en la legislatura del estado cuando tuvo la siguiente conversación con la representante Monique Davis:
Davis: Yo no se que tienes encontra de EL. Nosotros lo esperamos y sus bendiciones. Y es una tragedia, es trágico, que cuando una persona esta relacionada en cualquier cosa relacionada con Dios, ellos quieren pelear. Quieren pelear la oración en las escuelas.
Yo no te veo a ti (Sherman) peleando las armas en las escuelas, ¿verdad?
Estoy tratando de entender la filosofia que quieres regar en el estado de Illinois. Esta es la tierra de Lincoln. La tierra de Lincoln donde la gente cree en Dios, donde la gente cree en proteger a sus niños... Lo que tu tienes que espepitar y regar es extremadamente peligroso, es peligroso
Sherman: ¿Que es peligroso señora?
Davis: Es peligroso para el progreso de este estado. Y es peligroso para nuestros niños el simplemente saber que tu filosofia existe! Ahora vas a ir a corte para pelear contra niños que tienen la oportunidad de permanecer en silencio por un minuto. Pero maldita sea el dia que vas a ir corte a pelear para mantener las armas fuera de sus manos. ¡Estoy harta! ¡Salte de ese asiento!
Sherman: Gracias por compartir su perspectiva conmigo y estoy seguro que si este asunto va a corte...
Davis: ¡No tienes derecho a estar aqui¡ Nosotros creemos en algo. ¡Tu crees en destruir! Tu crees en destruir la base en la que este estado fue creado.
Outspoken atheist Rob Sherman, who (with his daughter) filed a lawsuit that eventually put a stop to the Mandatory Moment of Silence, was back in the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday.
He was there arguing Governor Rod Blagojevich’s $1,000,000 grant to the Pilgrim Baptist Church — which was given to them via the more secular Loop Lab School. (Shadiness all around.)
Anyway, he got into an exchange with Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago).
You won’t believe what she said (emphasis is mine):
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–
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.
According to Davis, atheism is destroying the state.
Corrupt or misguided politicians have nothing to do with it, of course…
As Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune puts it, “consider what the outcry would have been if a lawmaker had launched a similar attack on the beliefs of a religious person.”
If that happened, you might have actually heard about this story by now. It would be playing on news stations everywhere. But since the attack is on atheists, this is likely the first time you’ve read anything about it.
Not enough for you? Listen to the audio of the exchange (MP3).
Infuriating, isn’t it?
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