PA House unanimously declares 2012 the year of the Christian bible, thumbs nose at other religions, atheists

Hon. Rick Saccone
6B East Wing
PO Box 202039
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2039
(717) 260-6122

Rick Saccone, of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh, introduced House Resolution 535, passed unanimously by that body and which concluded:

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare 2012 as the "Year of the Bible" in Pennsylvania in recognition of both the formative influence of the Bible on our Commonweath and nation and our national need to study and apply the teachings of the holy scriptures.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation had this to say:

The Pennsylvania Assembly has no business telling citizens which god to recognize, which so‐called holy book to “study,” much less directing citizens to “apply its teachings.”

After discovering that posters to his facebook page were livid, Saccone shut them down:

Saccone purports to represent all the citizens of Pennsylvania District 39, mapped here.