Knowledge of atheism considered harmful

Well, we’re a bit late to the party, but this was just too good to pass up: Illinois Democratic state representative Monique Davis telling an atheist activist testifying before the Assembly that

“it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!”

and yelled at him to get out of his seat and leave, that he had no right to be there.

Wow, so wrong so many different ways. Plenty has already been said — and it pretty well speaks for itself — so I’ll leave it at that. Read and hear the entire exchange; she gets pretty worked up. Eric Zorn at the Chicago Tribune has a good roundup.


 
 
 

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