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You know, she may be onto something. When the rich only care about getting richer; when corporations can drop health care coverage on a dime, leaving the poorest and sickest in the most dire straits; when Wall Street delights in fleecing and bankrupting Main Street; when we start wars and kill innocent civilians to gain Daddy's approval; when we allow retail stores to sell ammo that easily kill the police who are trying to defend us and who, fight against these sales; when we destroy the planet we were given to sustain our own lives; when we pick and choose who the Constitution protects then yes, we have fallen into a horrible state of debauchery.

This showed up on a friend's Facebook....and a response. Sorry for the long post, but it's a good one

Presented to the Oklahoma State of Representatives by Rep. Sally Kerns

OKLAHOMA CITIZEN'S PROCLAMATION FOR MORALITY

By Rep. Sally Kerns

We, the People of Oklahoma, Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessing of Liberty; to secure just and rightful Government; to promote our mutual Welfare and Happiness, do establish this proclamation and call upon the people of the great State of Oklahoma, and our fellow Patriots in these United States of America who look to the Lord for guidance, to acknowledge the need for a national awakening of righteousness in our land.

WHEREAS, "It is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand" (John Adams); and

WHEREAS, "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by Religion and Morality" (John Adams); and

WHEREAS, "Our Constitution was made only for a Moral and Religious people" (John Adams); and

WHEREAS, "We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government.but upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God" (James Madison); and

WHEREAS, "Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God (Benjamin Franklin); and

WHEREAS, "God who gave us life gave us liberty and can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God" (Thomas Jefferson); and

WHEREAS, "Whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and the support of Religion, constitute no part of the policy or duty of the state" (Joseph Story); and

WHEREAS, "We hold sacred the rights of conscience, and promise to the people.the free and undisturbed exercise of their religion" (Roger Sherman); and

WHEREAS, "This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians" (Patrick Henry); and

WHEREAS, "When you.exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed upon your mind that God commands you to choose just men who will rule in the fear of God" (Noah Webster); and

WHEREAS, "The principles of genuine Liberty and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible" (Noah Webster); and

WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma have a strong tradition of reliance upon the Creator of the Universe; and

WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis; and

WHEREAS, this nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery; and

WHEREAS, alarmed that the Government of the United States of America is forsaking the rich Christian heritage upon which this nation was built; and

WHEREAS, grieved that the Office of the president of these United States has refused to uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in giving recognition to our National Day of Prayer; and

WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned elected officials of the people of Oklahoma, religious leaders and citizens of the State of Oklahoma, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world, solemnly declare that the HOPE of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States, rests upon the Principles of Religion and Morality as put forth in the HOLY BIBLE; and

BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, believers in the One True God and His only Son, call upon all to join with us in recognizing that "Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord," and humbly implore all who love Truth and Virtue to live above reproach in the sight of God and man with a firm reliance on the leadership and protection of Almighty God; and

BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, humbly call upon Holy God, our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, to have mercy on this nation, to stay His hand of judgment, and grant a national awakening of righteousness and Christian renewal as we repent of our great sin.

Signed on the second day of July in the year of our Lord Christ Two Thousand and Nine.

Now, I love a good retort especially in parody form...

OKLAHOMA CITIZEN'S PROCLAMATION FOR NOT TAKING SALLY KERN SERIOUSLY

By: Colin Newman

We the People of Oklahoma, Invoking the guidance of basic reason and logic, in order to prevent that vein in our foreheads from popping out; to secure a state government that is merely corrupt rather than criminally insane; to promote our mutual Welfare and Happiness, do establish this proclamation and call upon the people of the great State of Oklahoma, and our fellow Patriots in these United States of America who look to non-Gaylord owned media for guidance, to acknowledge the need for Sally Kern to step out of the spotlight for a while and mutter gently to her handgun.

WHEREAS, "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. " (Thomas Jefferson); and

WHEREAS, "An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against" (James Madison); and

WHEREAS, "Our Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause." (George Washington); and

WHEREAS, "Quoting a bunch of enlightenment era Deists out of context to make it sound like they support theocracy seems like a bulletproof way to make my point!" (Sally Kern); and

WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma have a strong tradition of deflating the egos and rhetoric of demagogues and blowhards; and

WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of banking deregulation, a massive housing bubble, speculation, and the general never ending economic coke party of the last twenty years, none of which were caused by gay people or abortion or gay people getting abortions, and

WHEREAS, "debauchery" predates the great state of Oklahoma by tens of thousands of years and will be around long after we have retreated to mountain strongholds to avoid the zombie apocalypse; and

WHEREAS, alarmed that there are still people who think theocracy is a good idea; and

WHEREAS, grieved that people such as Sally Kern emerge every couple of months to insult my intelligence and lecture me; and

WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that Sally is still so angry even given the quite generous senior citizens discount offered at Hometown Buffet;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned snarky bastards, appealing to the basic decency and reasonableness of our fellow citizens, solemnly declare that the HOPE of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States, rests upon politicians and civil servants who care more about their constituents than about the 15 or so votes to be gained by showboating and being self righteous;. and

BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, call upon all to join with us in voting out any politician who seeks to remake Oklahoma into the tiny town in Footloose; and

BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, humbly call upon El Chupacabra, slayer of goats and men, to have mercy on this nation, to stay his reptilian claw of judgment as we prepare for shearing season.

Signed on Friday the Twenty Sixth Day of of the Month of June in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine in the Common Era, Year of the Ox, 5th Lunar Month, Fourth day of Rajab, One Thousand Four Hundred Thirty.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/10/13/a14a_blackburncol_1013.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1521182/new_study_republicans_love_porn.html

http://www.badmouth.net/top-five-republican-gay-sex-scandals/

http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/RepMarriage.htm

http://www.hecklerspray.com/everyone-loves-sarah-palins-unborn-grandchilds-redneck-babydaddy/200815939.php

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message822674/pg1

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God, I'm so glad that Good Old Girl Sally is on this morals thing, especially with so many of her Republican colleagues out there screwin' and fornicatin' while they are in the public's service.

I mean, ain't it such a shame that Ms. Kern has to even bring this whole silly thing before her friends in Oklahoma. If everyone would just "do right," this wouldn't even be necessary! But I am so glad that she is gonna get this thing fixed so that all of the country can sleep well at night.

You go, girl!

Yeah, EY...it's about time religious nuts, like Sally, start praying for forgiveness for all the hate/ignorance they spread.

She and Imhofe can get together and repeal the Law of Grvity that's been holding the Republican Party down (along with the pinko liberal democrats) right after, as previously predicted she and Imhofe get legislation passed to make PI equal to 3 to improve Oklahoman math testing scores.

EY, dotto and doc you guys are beyond great! Thanks for making my evening.

Did anyone Snope EY's post or is truth truely stranger than fiction?

Ed Brayton, posting on ScienceBlogs, claims 2 misquotes.
(http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2009/06/sally_kerns_fake_history.php)

The Madison misquote can also be found at ChristiaNationQuotes.
(http://christianparty.net/christianationquotes.htm)

"Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought."
Dwight D. Morrow

I didn't look to see if her quotes or the quotes in the reply were accurate since I didn't write either one. I did look at Snopes and About.com's Urban Legends page and didn't find any reference to the entirety of either posting. However, her proclamation was this week.