In other theocracy news, apparently Klingenschmitt has offered some sort of half-hearted apology for his statement about abortion.

Still, he wrote this in yesterday’s paper:

Klingenschmitt: In the Old Testament they stoned the prophets

In the Old Testament, they didn’t elect prophets. They stoned them. I didn’t come here to be a career politician. I came to speak truth. […]

Yup, there’s your contemporary Republican, comparing himself to a prophet being stoned.

I ask forgiveness from everyone offended by my Sunday sermons. Today I issued a public video and formal, sincere apology.

Now The Denver Post reports that because I quoted unpopular Bible verses from the pulpit in my Sunday ministry, the legislative branch of the Colorado government will remove me from a committee.

While I respect his position, I disagree with Leader Brian DelGrosso’s decision, because it clearly establishes an unprecedented religious litmus test for which representatives can sit on what committees

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So now he’s a victim of a religious litmus test.

I was not driving drunk, I was not arrested by the police, I am literally being punished for quoting unpopular Bible verses in my Sunday church, or interpreting the Old Testament differently than Leader DelGrosso interprets it, during my private ministry outside the Capitol. Is that suddenly a crime?

This is not the first time that a branch of the government has reached into my chapel and punished me for my sermons. It also happened when I was a chaplain in the Navy in 2005. That unlawful punishment helped launch 300,000 petitions and I was eventually vindicated by Congress, because their voters demanded religious freedom.Will we?

It’s all part of the same movement, about “religious freedom”.

The government is now forcing me to choose between obeying God on Sunday, and representing the people Monday through Friday. […]

I suspect this is going to become more and more commonplace in our politics.