Ain’t No Bible on Rocky Top
Tennessee legislators recently sought to make history. They voted to declare the Bible the official state book of Tennessee that if signed would’ve been the first such law ever in America. Tennessee has a state tree (tulip poplar), state bird (mockingbird), state butterfly (zebra swallowtail), and state fish (largemouth bass, of course). Why not a state book? Along with the obvious constitutional concerns, Governor Haslam vetoed the bill citing it “trivializes […]