Ethics

Kentucky Law Requires Godtalk

By Ed Brayton

The Lexington News reports on a profoundly silly amendment inserted into a bill in Kentucky that requires the state's Office of Homeland Security to mention God at every turn:

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."

Specifically, 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."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).