Tonight's guest, Dr. Kristina M. Lee, holds a Ph.D. Colorado State University in Communication Studies with a special focus in the intersection of rhetoric and religious rhetoric. Her written work has focused on "theistnormativity" and the marginalization of atheists in the U.S.
Almost 70 years ago Polish native Walter Plywaski, who had spent five years in Nazi concentration camps, had to fight for atheists to be allowed citizenship rights after he was denied US citizenship because he felt he could not sincerely say the words "so help me God." More recently in 2014, an atheist in the Air Force was denied reenlistment after refusing to say “so help me God” in his oath. (The decision was later overruled.) 7 states still have bans on atheists holding office. Why are atheists being discriminated in the U.S.? What is wrong with not having a belief in things that can't be proven? Why would that be considered un-American?
“Earlier this year, Mississippi state Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith justified legislation that would ban voter registration on Sundays by holding up a dollar bill and saying, “This says, ‘The United States of America, in God we trust.’ … In God’s word in Exodus 20:18, it says ‘remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.‘”
Can you see several errors in this claim by a U.S. Senator?
Join us on "That GD Show" tonight as guest Dr. Kristina Lee discusses with Dave and Genevieve about how this and other similar recent events are not only unconstitutional, but represents a real danger to The United States overall.
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