 Tennessee Republicans Pass Bill To Make The Bible The State’s Official BookTennessee the state that was so concerned about the First Amendment that they enacted a religious  freedom  act has just proven that the only religion they really care about is Christianity AND they don t care about the Constitution at all.The Tennessean reports:Tennessee is poised to make history as the first state in the nation to recognize the Holy Bible as its official book.After nearly 30 minutes of debate, the state Senate on Monday approved the measure, sponsored by Sen. Steve Southerland, R-Morristown, with a 19-8 vote, sending the legislation to Gov. Bill Haslam s desk.That s right, the state s Republicans passed a bill that make a religious book the state s official book, completely ignoring the Constitution s separation of church and state. As a matter of fact, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery told lawmakers that the bill is unconstitutional and they still went ahead and passed it anyway.The American Civil Liberties Union released a statement condemning lawmakers for their actions: Today Tennessee politicians have voted to reduce what is to many a sacred religious text to a political football. Lawmakers  thinly-veiled effort to promote one religion over other religions clearly violates both the United States and Tennessee Constitutions, as our state attorney general has already pointed out. While the Bible is an important book to many state residents, Tennesseans come from a rich diversity of faiths. Privileging one religion over another not only tramples on the Constitution, it marginalizes the tens of thousands of Tennesseans who choose to practice other religions or not to practice religion at all. We call on Governor Haslam to veto this legislation. Only one positive came out of this   if you are a cup half full kinda person   is that the GOP legislators proved, without a doubt, that all of their declarations of wanting to protect everyone s religious freedom was complete and utter bullshit. Like national Republican lawmakers, the only thing they are concerned with is protecting THEIR religion. They do not actually believe you have the right to worship a god different from theirs, they want everyone to be indoctrinated into Christianity and they don t care what they have to do to make that happen.Their decision to pass this bill goes against the very freedoms our country was built upon. Our founding fathers never wanted one religion to be held in higher regard than another, that s why they made sure to protect all religions in the very first amendment to our Constitution. Perhaps these lawmakers should try picking up an actual history book before introducing any more legislation.Featured image via Controversy360News
tennessee republicans pass bill to make the bible the state official booktennessee state concerned first amendment enacted religious freedom act proven religion really care christianity and care constitution tennessee reports tennessee poised make history first state nation recognize holy bible official nearly minutes debate state senate monday approved measure sponsored steve southland vote sending legislation gov bill slam right state republicans passed bill make religious book state official book completely ignoring constitution separation church state as matter fact tennessee attorney general herbert slavery told lawmakers bill unconstitutional still went ahead passed american civil liberties union released statement condemning lawmakers actions today tennessee politicians voted reduce many sacred religious text political football lawmakers effort promote one religion religions clearly violates united states tennessee constitutions state attorney general already pointed while bible important book many state residents tennesseans come rich diversity faiths privileging one religion another examples constitution marginalized tens thousands tennesseans choose practice religions practice religion we call governor slam veto legislation only one positive came cup half full kinda person gop legislators proved without doubt declarations wanting protect everyone religious freedom complete utter bullshit like national republican lawmakers thing concerned protecting their religion they actually believe right worship god different want everyone indoctrinated christianity care make decision pass bill goes freedoms country built upon our founding fathers never wanted one religion held higher regard another made sure protect religions first amendment constitution perhaps lawmakers try picking actual history book introducing image via
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Tennessee Republicans Pass Bill To Make The Bible The State’s Official BookTennessee the state that was so concerned about the First Amendment that they enacted a religious  freedom  act has just proven that the only religion they really care about is Christianity AND they don t care about the Constitution at all.The Tennessean reports:Tennessee is poised to make history as the first state in the nation to recognize the Holy Bible as its official book.After nearly 30 minutes of debate, the state Senate on Monday approved the measure, sponsored by Sen. Steve Southerland, R-Morristown, with a 19-8 vote, sending the legislation to Gov. Bill Haslam s desk.That s right, the state s Republicans passed a bill that make a religious book the state s official book, completely ignoring the Constitution s separation of church and state. As a matter of fact, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery told lawmakers that the bill is unconstitutional and they still went ahead and passed it anyway.The American Civil Liberties Union released a statement condemning lawmakers for their actions: Today Tennessee politicians have voted to reduce what is to many a sacred religious text to a political football. Lawmakers  thinly-veiled effort to promote one religion over other religions clearly violates both the United States and Tennessee Constitutions, as our state attorney general has already pointed out. While the Bible is an important book to many state residents, Tennesseans come from a rich diversity of faiths. Privileging one religion over another not only tramples on the Constitution, it marginalizes the tens of thousands of Tennesseans who choose to practice other religions or not to practice religion at all. We call on Governor Haslam to veto this legislation. Only one positive came out of this   if you are a cup half full kinda person   is that the GOP legislators proved, without a doubt, that all of their declarations of wanting to protect everyone s religious freedom was complete and utter bullshit. Like national Republican lawmakers, the only thing they are concerned with is protecting THEIR religion. They do not actually believe you have the right to worship a god different from theirs, they want everyone to be indoctrinated into Christianity and they don t care what they have to do to make that happen.Their decision to pass this bill goes against the very freedoms our country was built upon. Our founding fathers never wanted one religion to be held in higher regard than another, that s why they made sure to protect all religions in the very first amendment to our Constitution. Perhaps these lawmakers should try picking up an actual history book before introducing any more legislation.Featured image via Controversy360News
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: tennessee republicans pass bill to make the bible the state official booktennessee state concerned first amendment enacted religious freedom act proven religion really care christianity and care constitution tennessee reports tennessee poised make history first state nation recognize holy bible official nearly minutes debate state senate monday approved measure sponsored steve southland vote sending legislation gov bill slam right state republicans passed bill make religious book state official book completely ignoring constitution separation church state as matter fact tennessee attorney general herbert slavery told lawmakers bill unconstitutional still went ahead passed american civil liberties union released statement condemning lawmakers actions today tennessee politicians voted reduce many sacred religious text political football lawmakers effort promote one religion religions clearly violates united states tennessee constitutions state attorney general already pointed while bible important book many state residents tennesseans come rich diversity faiths privileging one religion another examples constitution marginalized tens thousands tennesseans choose practice religions practice religion we call governor slam veto legislation only one positive came cup half full kinda person gop legislators proved without doubt declarations wanting protect everyone religious freedom complete utter bullshit like national republican lawmakers thing concerned protecting their religion they actually believe right worship god different want everyone indoctrinated christianity care make decision pass bill goes freedoms country built upon our founding fathers never wanted one religion held higher regard another made sure protect religions first amendment constitution perhaps lawmakers try picking actual history book introducing image via