Via Watching Those We Chose, the Kentucky Herald Print Edition:
Under state law, God is Kentucky's first line of defense against terrorism. The 2006 law organizing the state Office of Homeland Security lists its initial duty as "stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."
Well, here's what I want to know:
Why isn't this written into Federal Law?
NOTE I removed some excellent snark from the WTEC post (go read) simply because a story this superb needs no embellishment.
UPDATE The Lexington Herald brings the snark pretty well on its own:
Homeland Security is ordered to publicize God's benevolent protection in its reports, and it must post a plaque at the entrance to the state Emergency Operations Center with an 88-word statement that begins, "The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God."
Officials this week said they didn't know about the plaque until the Herald-Leader called to ask whether it's still there. (They checked; it is.) The 2008 Homeland Security report, issued a month ago, did not credit God, but it did complain about a decline in federal funding from Washington.
Well, there's your problem right there. Why putz around with a plaque? Why don't they just pray for money? I certainly am!
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State Rep. Tom Riner needs to totally get recalled over this, and Beshears Homeland Security chief isn't helping much. Hell, even many Christians would be offended and embarrassed by this ridiculousness. I knew Kentucky was rather religious, but I didn't think it was that religious. It seems like the Southern Baptist have quite a stranglehold on high office in the state. That, I didn't know.
But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...
We're rather weird
Plenty of Christians here would be offended by this, others would be offended if it weren't. The Xians got a good grip in the Western part of the state, which is majority Democrat(at state level, at Fed level, they go Repub). The Xians then got a good scare by a killing spree in FL, that got linked to a "vampire cult" in Murray, heart of Xianity in KY, and things got a little out of hand with the Pagan community at the local college. No lessons learned of course, just attempts to get the grip of the government on the souls of its residents, for their own good of course. These are the parts of the state where you can't buy alcohol.
Now, travel 30 miles west, and you find heathen country, where the residents are dealing with the mob, fornicating, drinking and dealing drugs with abandon. Extra marital, pre marital, infidelity, and a doc that has to perform underground abortions, because teen pregnancy is unheard of, even though sex ed is negligible, and sexual congress is often.
It makes no sense, and never will. Kentucky is a state of inherent opposites, all coexisting. Some of the top research universities in the nation, also home to the Creationism Museum. Very small Jewish population, yet the mayor of the largest city is Jewish, who will probably run for governor after Beshear, and the Congressional rep is Jewish as well. We've even had a woman governor, even though our gender ideas are very backward. Very active and vibrant LGBTQ community in both major metro areas.
KY is home to the Senate Majority Leader who shepherded the New Deal for FDR. Also home, to the Senate Majority Leader who enabled Bush. Also, home to the lone dissenter on Plessy v Ferguson.
History lesson over now. Please forgive my state. Sometimes, we do get it right, though lately we have gone astray.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
- Sir William Drummond