Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry vetoed a controversial bill that purported to protect the right of school children to voice religious opinions. In reality, it was a bill designed to make school children captive audiences for public school prayers and devotions.
Mainstream Baptists opposed this bill. We were barred from speaking at a committee hearing about the bill, but we did succeed in sharing our concerns about the bill with key state legislators and the Governor.
The safe thing for the Governor to do would have been to let the bill die for lack of a signature. Despite enormous support for the bill from Southern Baptists in Oklahoma and the religious right in Oklahoma, Governor Henry vetoed the bill and explained why.
Thank-you Governor Henry for your courageous support for both freedom of religion and freedom from religion.
1 comment:
I'm delighted to see that Gov. Henry has rediscovered his backbone, and reengaged his brain in gear. This is a marked improvement to his screwing up on HB 1804 earlier.
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