Illi­nois State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Monique Davis said some nasty things to athe­ist activist and Green Party can­di­date for State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive for the 53rd Dis­trict of Illi­nois Rob Sher­man dur­ing an Illi­nois State Gov­ern­ment Admin­is­tra­tion Com­mit­tee hear­ing, to which the lat­ter had been called to tes­tify on the pro­pri­ety of the Governor’s pro­posed plan to give $1M of the tax­pay­ers’ money to the Pil­grim Bap­tist Church for restora­tion and preser­va­tion. [Audio clip: view full post to lis­ten] Par­tial tran­script, bor­rowed from Eugene Volokh: . . . Davis: . . . What you have to spew and spread is extremely dan­ger­ous, it’s dan­ger­ous– Sher­man: What’s dan­ger­ous, ma’am? Davis: [ . . . ]

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