A group of Republican legislators in North Carolina decided against introducing legislation that would allow the state and its counties to establish an official religion.
They planned to argue that the Constitution prevents Congress from establishing a religion, but not states or counties.
There was enough outcry to persuade them to hold off.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
They also want to revoke tax breaks for parents if their kids want to vote at college! Unbelievable!
They take an oath that pledges they defend and ibey the Constitution. Not an option to become a theocracy.
Another win, How Kool!!!!
As in the religion Kool-aid????
Ooooh. I wonder what religion that would be?
Sure ain’t FSM!!
Shucks, was looking forward to the first State with as Wicca as the State religion
And the staff attorneys for the State of North Carolina breathe one huge sigh of relief.
This whole thing is a joke – to keep their voting base happy.
We all knew from the beginning this wouldn’t go through.
At least this shows that there must be a few sane people left in NC. I was beginning to wonder…..
Which religion were they planning on establishing? There are so many.
Should be mine “Worship at the altar of OYE, send money to. . . . .
Didn’t Gitlow vs. New York (1925) decide this question already? The amendment only says “Congress shall make no law…” but the responsibility for upholding the amendment is not restricted to Congress.
Hmm, you need a license to drive, a license to practice medicine/law, a license to teach…you even need a license to own a dog or get married.
I think there should be a set of requirements for all paid elected legislative officials in order to maintain the privilege of serving the public.
They must take:
1. An entrance exam
2. Remedial college-level political-science/philosophy/sociology courses, if necessary.
3. A standardized test for each subsequent year in office in order to continue to serve in a paid, elected position.
The effects and impact of their laws on both their constituency and the larger citizenry will be scored using a value-added model.
All the scores should be made public, and a panel of citizens should be elected (without pay) by the populace to evaluate the records and report on the performance of each paid elected legislative official. The evaluating panel must be reflective of a representation of the population with 1% being those in the top 1% income bracket. To be fair, the panel cannot be smaller in number than 100 members, but equally fair, it should not be more than that thus allowing for the other 99% to be respective to their representation of the populace as 99 members of the 100. All panelists must be investigated for income reporting over the course of five years with all assets reviewed, foreign and domestic.
Those paid elected legislative officials found to be “ineffective” should be given the opportunity to improve their knowledge of U.S. and state governing documents and to miraculously improve the lives of their constituency despite any mitigating circumstances. If a paid elected legislative official found to be “ineffective” does not improve within the confines of his/her elected term, the official cannot serve out the term and a highly effective official whose constituency has enjoyed a higher quality of life will be moved to the position from another location while special elections to replace those officials will be held. Those found to be “effective” will remain in their locations to complete their terms.
—
There is so much ignorance in politics these days. These fools do not even possess the calibre of thought that our “founding fathers” did, such as it was. A lot of damage can be done within the space of one term in office.
🙂 THX for the wit …Need more of your comments as the testing is such a joke.
3. A standardized test for each subsequent year in office in order to continue to serve in a paid, elected position.
When I read this, I thought there were two distinct possibilities for this story:
1. Someone got punked
2. APRIL FOOL!
I’m still not sure…
Especially that the battle they are fight for was lost about two centuries ago.