Comments on: Judge: Take “god” out of recent Kentucky bill https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Jay https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543346 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:40:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543346 Greg –

In case you hadn’t heard, the Louisville newspaper reported this morning (9/5/09) that the state AG has indeed appealed on the basis that rather than endorsing any particular religion, the contested wording merely acknowledged relgion. I personally think that’s a specious argument.

I wrote a short post on it, and linked to the article at my site.

]]> By: Jay https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543345 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:17:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543345 Another Kentuckian chiming in.
I’m in Louisville, and we could probably muster a fairly good number of people to come down on the side of stronger church/state separation.

That said, Jack Conway, the State AG, is a Louisville boy, although he’s never struck me as the brightest bulb in the chandelier. He’ll appeal, if for no other reason than that he’ll get more face time on TV and in the papers.

]]> By: katydid13 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543344 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:47:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543344 As an ex-Kentuckian, I has to agree with Marie. Although, I think I could have rounded a handful of liberal protestants who like seperation of church and state that would have signed on to such a lawsuit. My parents and a couple of their friends for example.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543343 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:44:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543343 BTW, I’ll just mention that you will see more covered on this blog from Kentucky than from most states because the patriarch of the Kentucky Branch of the Laden Family sends the info to me.

]]> By: marie https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543342 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:36:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543342 As another Kentuckian…I second (third?) Sigmund. Also, “we Kentucky people” are so completely in the minority here that it is almost laughable.

]]> By: Ken https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543341 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:30:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543341 Exaxtly when will you Kentucky people be voting out the religitards who wasted your money by supporting that law?

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543340 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:34:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543340 Me, too, gruebait. I would like for Dan Barker to be the one who takes it down.

]]> By: gruebait https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543339 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:10:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543339 I read that, as required by that law, a plaque stating the official reliance on god for the state’s security was on display at the state homeland security offices.

When it’s removed, I want video on YouTube!

]]> By: Miss Cellania https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543338 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:34:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543338 I live in Kentucky. I came in to say exactly what Sigmund already said.

]]> By: Russell https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543337 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:23:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/27/judge-take-god-out-of-recent-k/#comment-543337 Fortunately, in a way, the legislators made the mistake of putting some procedural substance into their religious rhetoric, giving the courts reason to act.

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