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Once again, the Tampa City Council is in the news for displaying intolerance and thumbing their collective nose at the constitution.

You may remember that last week I ranted about the Tampa City Council invocation scandal, which made national headlines, and in which 3 council members decided that they couldn’t possibly treat an invited speaker as they themselves would wish to be treated. Their excuse? Why, they’re Christians, and their God is better than yours.

Well, the very next City Council Meeting featured a revival meeting of sorts, as the invited Christian speaker blatantly broke the council’s rules against invoking the name of a specific deity by praying to Jesus.

When questioned after the meeting, God must have told him to lie, ‘cause he claimed that the “J” word just slipped out.

Anyway, I’m still peeved enough about this whole issue that I’m dedicating 2 hours of music to the Tampa City Council this morning. Songs about Jesus and Religion and God and such.

I’m also encouraging all MorningWood listeners and BlogWood readers to email the Tampa City Council and let them know your feelings. I think that they should do away with the Thursday Morning Prayer meeting that starts every City Council session. If they can’t pray nice, then lets quit wasting time and resources and just get rid of the invocation.

You might also want to email Council Member John Dingfelder, and thank him for his courageous decision to invite the Atheist speaker.

I might also touch on other issues of the day. Tune in and listen up.

Playlists

Each week, I bring my planned songs in on CD. I usually end up playing most or all of them in the planned order. But sometimes things go askew. (Like last week.) Sorry - no guarantees or refunds.

Hour 1 planned playlist

Hour 2 planned playlist

Live playlist

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