State legislator rants about atheism during committee hearing

Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) interrupted atheist activist Rob Sherman during his testimony Wednesday afternoon before the House State Government Administration Committee in Springfield and told him, “What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous . . . it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!”

Yup, this actually happened. This person was actually elected, and as a Democrat no less.

“This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God,” Davis said. “Get out of that seat . . . You have no right to be here!”

This is especially ironic, since Lincoln wasn’t the most religious man himself. He once said: “When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”

I guess this incident just serves as a reminder that this is what some Christians think. Freedom of Religion sounds nice, but when it really comes down to it, some Christians just can’t accept it. I’ll add this to the list of things to bring up whenever a Christian tries to pull the whole “atheists are persecuting us!” act.