From Eric Zorn's Change of Subject in the Chicago Tribune:
Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) interrupted atheist activist Rob Sherman during his testimony Wednesday afternoon before the House State Government Administration Committee in Springfield and told him, "What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous . . . it's dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!
"This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God," Davis said. "Get out of that seat . . . 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."
This is pretty repellent, and gives a good take on the entire mindset of the religious right -- an American citizen has no right to testify before a government body because his religious beliefs differ from hers.
And, as Zorn notes,
Outside of Change of Subject, where I posted a transcript and the audio, Davis' repellent, un-American outburst received no attention whatsoever.
Translation: You can count on the press to maintain the status quo. Besides, Barack Obama's bowling scores are much more important. Almost as important as Hillary Clinton's cleavage.
This should have been a major story for the Tribune, at least. Zorn is quite correct -- his own paper didn't think it was worth the ink.
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And she's a Democrat? Unbelievable. She needs to switch parties and get with her theocon buddies before it's too late.
If I'm not mistaken, her district covers the South Side of Chicago, which means you're running into the black evangelical churches -- arguably not the most tolerant in some areas.
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