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Monday should indeed be a red-letter day in Blount County, Tennessee. On Monday, the Blount County Board of Commissioners will formally consider a resolution asking God not to punish them and to spare their region from “His coming wrath” which has resulted from the “lawless judiciary”of the United States forcing them to recognize same-sex marriages.

Wouldn’t it just be easier to say a prayer and get on with the real business of the county? Apparently not.

The resolution was proposed by Commissioner Karen Miller and appears on the agenda thusly:

“Resolution condemning judicial tyranny and petitioning God’s mercy. (Resolution 15-10-006)”

Judicial tyranny? What about religious tyranny? Has Ms. Miller forgotten that while she may be personally offended by same-sex marriage, not everyone shares that view?

This completely ludicrous resolution states:

“Federal judges have once again usurped powers not delegated to them, and have violated Reason, the Rule of Law and Natural Law by purporting to strike down State laws and acts of the People recognizing and protecting Natural Marriage.”

Natural law? Who decides what that means? The Bible-thumping intolerant hicks like Miller and whoever else supports this unenforceable and untenable piece of pseudolegislation? If so, God help us all.

But wait, there’s more. Much more. Like this:

“WE adopt this Resolution before God that He pass us by in His Coming Wrath and not destroy our County as He did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities. As the Passover Lamb was a means of salvation to the ancient Children of Israel, so we stand upon the safety of the Lamb of God to save us. WE adopt this Resolution begging His favor in light of the fact that we have been forced to comply and recognize that the State of Tennessee, like so many other God-fearing States, MAY have fallen prey to a lawless judiciary in legalizing what God and the Bible expressly forbids.”

Attention Blount County Board of Commissioners! Listen carefully to what I’m about to say: We run this country by a Constitution, NOT by the Bible. End of story. And if you don’t like it that way, then maybe it’s time for you to leave because there are lots of us who are happy with the system of government the Founding Fathers gave us.

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