Posted on 06/14/2013 7:38:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges—but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.
It was a serious tone for an otherwise fun bill-signing and should bolster the governor’s Christian conservative credentials before he travels to Washington for the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference with the likes of tea party darlings and U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Kentucky's Rand Paul and fellow Texan Ted Cruz.
Dubbed the “Merry Christmas” bill, the bipartisan measure sailed through the state House and Senate to reach Perry’s desk.
It removes legal risks of saying “Merry Christmas” in schools while also protecting traditional holiday symbols, such as a menorah or nativity scene, so long as more than one religion and a secular symbol are also reflected. …
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I don't. Not that I don't think he might make a decent one....
but do you have ANY idea how hard it is to train one of those suckers?
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LOL! Joking aside, the government of Texas has done us proud!
You know what kills me? I see commercials for some kind of laser spine surgery and, to this day, I wonder why Perry couldn’t have gone that route.
If he could have kept up the momentum he had when he entered the race, it would have been all over. I remember a friend of mine saying it looked like Perry was going to be our nominee....he was rolling.
Just damn.
It is what it is.
Does he still think that people who don’t support Texas’ law permitting in-state tuition for illegals have no heart?
Well, in the grand scheme of things I can look back and say he is solidly pro-gun, pro-God and religious freedom, pro-life, pro-DOMA and pro-business. We’re never going to get 100% but Perry is pretty close to it. If you can come up with a better candidate, great.
I’ll take that as a no.
It removes legal risks of saying “Merry Christmas” in schools while also protecting traditional holiday symbols, such as a menorah or nativity scene, so long as more than one religion and a secular symbol are also reflected. …And as others have already pointed out, we already have a First Amendment on the federal level. This law is a bit too European Union-like.
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