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Rick Perry signs the "Merry Christmas Bill" into law

Current Texas Governor and the man voted most likely to take a stapler to a gun draw - Rick Perry - signed the "Merry Christmas Bill" this past Thursday, and said the following words about it:

"Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion. People of faith too often feel they can't express their faith publicly. And if they dare display it, they find themselves under attack from individuals and organizations that have nothing to do with them or their communities for that matter."

Freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion? So, everyone is free to practice the religion of their choosing, except for those whom don't believe in any religion? How does that work exactly?

Christian: "I believe in Jesus!"

Perry: "Right on! Me too, brother!"

Buddhist: "I believe in Buddha!"

Perry: "Alright, well, you're free to believe that too."

Muslim: "I believe in Allah!"

Perry: ::pauses:: "I don't..." ::someone interrupts him:: "Oh, I guess I'm being told you're free to believe that too. I guess freedom of religion means you can believe in anything you want! Yee-haw!"

Atheist: "I don't believe in any God!"

Perry: "Arrest him!"

This new law will allow schools to display religious symbols so long as more than one religion is being represented. It will also permit teachers to say things such as, "Merry Christmas," "Happy Hanukkah," etc. There's no word yet if "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Kwanzaa" will be permitted as well...

Well, this is great. Absolutely nothing could go wrong here. Around Christmas, we could see the following banners displayed:

Christians: "Merry Christmas! Thank you, Jesus!"

Pagans: "Happy Winter Solstice! You stole this holiday from us, you bast*rds!"

Satan Worshipers: "All hail, Lucifer!"

Jews: "Happy Hanukkah! I'm the only Jewish kid in class! This sucks!"

Atheists: "God is dead!"

Nope, absolutely nothing could go wrong there...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/rick-perry-freedom-from-religion_n_3441187.html
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