Oklahoma Chapter of Americans United: Program and Bill numbers -- Protecting Religion from Itself

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Program and Bill numbers -- Protecting Religion from Itself

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

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Oklahoma City Chapter

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Third Annual Legislative Preview

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Senate Chamber, Oklahoma Capitol Building

2300 N. Lincoln

10:00am to 12:00pm

Protecting Religion From Itself

James Nimmo, communications chair

Welcome

Overview of Thomas Jefferson's

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786

John Loghry, chapter president

Introduction

PRESENTERS

Dr. Victor Hutchison

George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma, retired

SB 1742, Oklahoma Science Education Act, Sen. Brecheen

HB 1001, Religious Viewpoints Anti-discrimination Act, Rep. Reynolds

Aimee Breeze, chapter secretary

additional comments on SB 1742 and HB 1001

Damion Reinhardt, chapter treasurer

SJR 23, Constitutional Amendment repealing Article II, sec. 5, relating to the use of public money or property for sectarian purposes, Sen. Anderson

HJR 1081, Constitutional Amendment repealing Article II, sec. 5 of the Oklahoma Constitution, Rep. Nelson

SB 1266, Income tax, providing deductions for certain full-time students, Sen. Sparks

explanation of Blaine Amendments

Mike Fuller, immediate past president

SB 1433, Unborn children, creating the Personhood Act, Sen. Crain and Billy

SB 1692, Prohibiting the State from funding or contracting with entities that perform abortions, Sen. Sykes

HJR 1067, Prohibiting intentional killing of any innocent person, Rep. Reynolds

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State proudly supports and defends the right of citizens to choose and live according to their own convictions, whether religious or non-religious. It traces that basic freedom to a tradition founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Roger Williams, and enshrined in the First Amendment. It venerates the principle that religion is too important to be entrusted to government and encourages pluralism, tolerance, and a public life in which we the people interact on the basis of equal worth and mutual respect. Thus, Americans United considers separation of church and state a positive force in American society, a principle that encourages full participation among all people, burdens no one for following their conscience, and has encouraged a flowering of religious variety and vitality unequaled in today's world.