This Week on Tennessee This Week
Submitted by Gene Patterson on November 3, 2006 - 10:01pm
Coming up Sunday on Tennessee This Week we talk with State Representative Bill Dunn and Tina McMillan, a representative of the group, Vote No on One about the effort to add language to the state constitution defining marriage as a "union between a man and a woman."
Both guests articulate their positions well.
Also on our program, KCEA president Kim Waller. She talks about the potential impact to education of passage of the defined pension plan for Sheriff's employees on the ballot Tuesday.
And finally, a conversation with author Jane Van Ryan. We discuss her book, "The Seduction of Miss Evelyn Hazen." Evelyn Hazen was the last family member to live in what is now the Mabry-Hazen House museum.
Tennessee This Week airs Sunday at noon on WATE.
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In this morning's Tennessee
In this morning's Tennessee This Week, it was unfortunate that Ms. McMillan made two statements as facts which in reality are not factual. The first is that homosexuality is "encoded in our DNA" (her words). In fact, there is NO scientific proof that our DNA defines or predisposes individuals to homosexuality. Also, she stated that the constitution guarantees the "separation of church and state". Again, incorrect! The Bill of Rights (not the constitution) states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" (1st Amendment). This part of the 1st Amendment was put in place to protect religion from the government, not vice versa. Remember, early America was responding to the religious environment they had escaped from in England where the church and the government conspired to oppress the people.
Americans (voters) must search out the truth for themselves and not believe everything they hear or see. Unfortunately, most Americans get their beliefs and morals from the media and the media doesn't appear to hold individuals they put in front of the public accountable to the truth. It is unfortunate that those with an agenda (in this case homosexuality) prey on the misinformed public. Smart up America!
One further comment: Since
One further comment: Since the term "separation of church and state" is so often quoted by many, it would be helpful if they actually knew the origin of the expression. Again, it is not part of the U.S. Constitution or the Bill of Rights. It actually was included in a letter response from Thomas Jefferson to the Delaware delegation when they were attempting to define the relationship between church and state. As stated in the previous blog, Jefferson was attempting to protect the church (freedom of religion) from the state. He was not trying to protect the government (or its people) from religion. Religion (the pursuit of God) is normal to every individual (look throughout history at man's desire to know God; e.g., Aztecs, Egyptions, Greek mythology, Judaism, Islam, etc.) and, therefore, is one of those basic inalienable rights of the Constitution. The pursuit of God is not something to be proteced from and, thus, was not the intent of Jefferson nor the U.S. Constitution!