Discussion: Okla. Gov

system1 · October 7, 2015, 4:29pm

Discussion for article #241497

theghostofeustacetilley · October 7, 2015, 5:35pm

STATEs RIGHTs!! SUPERCEDE US COnstitUTIONS!!!11one!!11! ExcEPT for 2ND ARmendment!1!!!1one11!!1!

enon · October 7, 2015, 5:36pm

jesus h christ… there are moments recently i could weep at the stupidity of these political ‘leaders’.

perhaps it would be useful to forward a copy of the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES to this fucking moron that already addresses this issue.

dwward · October 7, 2015, 5:38pm

Then there is the problem of the First and Fourteenth Amendments that can’t be resolved by the OK constitution.

If these people spent as much time governing and they do pandering, we’d have a great place to live.

captaincommonsense · October 7, 2015, 5:41pm

Mary, fuckoff.

fargo116 · October 7, 2015, 5:41pm

When it’s liberal ideas, the right wingers are all:

When it’s conservative ones, they hand out loudspeakers like halloween candy.

wwss · October 7, 2015, 5:43pm

If those were the original tablets that Moses is reported to have broughtdown the mountain, I’d buy them as “historical monuments” but something bought and paid for by private citizens intent on making themselves the only religion in the land … sorry, not buying that brand of bull shit.

sniffit · October 7, 2015, 5:43pm

Two words: Supremacy Clause.

Someone needs to beat it into these morons’ heads: YOUR STATE CONSTITUTION IS PRE-EMPTED BY THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

“Okla. Guv Calls For Constitutional Amendment To Return Ten Commandments Monument”

Okla. Guv Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Pave the Way for Sharia Law

FIFY

littlegirlblue · October 7, 2015, 5:44pm

This is the governor who chooses to ignore the sixth commandment unless she’s forced to because of lack of efficient lethal drugs.

sniffit · October 7, 2015, 5:45pm

“historical monuments”

That were put up in 2012?

Is it OK to slap her yet?

daveyjones64 · October 7, 2015, 5:52pm

So much pasta thrown against the wall, hoping to see if any of it sticks. I would hate to see her kitchen.

khaaannn · October 7, 2015, 5:59pm

Once again an ELECTED GOVERNOR (Republican of course) doesn’t know what any 8th grader who has taken a Civics class knows; State Law (even State Constitutions) do not supersede Federal Law (and the US Constitution.) Full Stop. End of Story.
See “Supremacy Clause”: Article Six, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that establishes the United States Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as “the supreme law of the land.”
The first amendment to the US Constitution states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” The two parts, known as the “establishment clause” and the “free exercise clause” respectively, form the textual basis for the Supreme Court’s interpretations of the “separation of church and state” doctrine. Three central concepts were derived from the 1st Amendment which became America’s doctrine for church-state separation: no coercion in religious matters, no expectation to support a religion against one’s will, and religious liberty encompasses all religions. In sum, citizens are free to embrace or reject a faith, any support for religion - financial or physical - must be voluntary, and all religions are equal in the eyes of the law with no special preference or favoritism
Your childish beliefs in an invisible stone-age sky-god do NOT supersede the US Constitution.

sjk · October 7, 2015, 6:01pm

Oy vey. She STILL doesnt get it.

ottnott · October 7, 2015, 6:02pm

Not only that, but the Constitutions, both state and federal, already allow display of the religious monument – they just don’t allow it to be an exclusive, and courts won’t swallow transparent lies about the nature of the monument and the motivation for displaying it.

ottnott · October 7, 2015, 6:05pm

The monument was removed from the state capitol late Monday night after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in June that the monument must be removed.

I think this calls for Oklahoma to create a resolution begging gawd to continue passing them over.

callmeeric · October 7, 2015, 6:06pm

“Moving forward, I believe the people of Oklahoma should have the opportunity to vote on a proposed constitutional change to ensure that historical monuments like this one are not pushed out of public spaces,”

Does she know that the bible is not exactly a history book?

rich_in_nj · October 7, 2015, 6:07pm

The current state of the Repug Party is to cling to religious symbols in a naked attempt to distract from policies that are an anathema to everything Jesus stood for.

thunderclapnewman · October 7, 2015, 6:08pm

And she never will----Mary Fallin is demonstrably stupid, and it’s not a curable condition.

jeffreybruner · October 7, 2015, 6:09pm

I hope I’m wrong, but I’m not sure the Supreme Court will strike this down. They allowed something similar in 2005 in Van Orden v. Perry. Any lawyers want to weigh in?

theghostofeustacetilley · October 7, 2015, 6:11pm

STATes RIGHTs! TEntH AMENdmant! FederalIST paPErs OR SOMEthing1!11!!!one!1!!!1!!