A Monday Musing

I was coming out of Walmart about a week ago and got sucked in to signing up for the analog news re: newspaper. He was running a special $10 for 13 weeks sale and I just happened to have a ten in my pocket. It has been fun reading the paper. This morning the daughter and I sat next to each other with our morning drinks and read it together.

The big news in our state this week has been a sign that was posted by the Freedom From Religion Foundation in the rotunda of our Capitol Building. Here is an article from today's Tacoma News Tribune. I wasn't a part of this protest. I am all for expression of religion and am even okay with having the different symbols posted in the rotunda such as the tree, menorah and the Nativity scene that are already there. However, this is what ruffled my feathers as I read through the article.
State Rep. Jim Dunn, a Vancouver Republican, called for the crowd to continue their energy and prayers. “It is time to chase out of the house of God all the unbelievers and evildoers,” Dunn said.
Hello! I understand that maybe the paper didn't include the rest of what he said, but even if there is other items to what he said I can't wrap my mind around why he said this. It is likely this kind of speech that prompted the atheists to post there sign. Some verses came to mind after I calmed down.

Matthew 9:10-13
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”