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Mon Apr 14, 2014 at 01:38 PM PDT

Louisiana lawmakers make holy push

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Louisiana lawmakers are a step closer to making the Holy Bible the "official state book of Louisiana." From NOLA.com:

Legislation that would make the Holy Bible the official state book of Louisiana cleared the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs with a vote of 8-5 Thursday afternoon. It will now head to the full House of Representatives for consideration. Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, originally filed a bill to declare a specific copy of the Bible, found in the Louisiana State Museum system, the official state book. But by the time he presented the proposal to the committee, he changed language  in his legislation to make the generic King James version of the Bible, a text used worldwide, the official state book.

Not to worry though, some Louisiana lawmakers were already pushing back ... about the version, that is:

Still, Legislators became concerned that the proposal wasn't broad enough and did not reflect the breadth of Bibles used by religious communities. In particular, some lawmakers worried that singling out the King James version of the Bible would not properly reflect the culture of Louisiana. The Catholic Church, for example, does not use the King James text.

Good to see that Louisiana legislators have so much free time on their hands. They must've already solved Louisiana's abysmal high school graduation rates, high poverty (2nd highest in the nation), and crumbling infrastructure.