Meet Representative Bill Enyart, a Democrat from downstate Illinois; I don't think he missed a Mensa meeting in order to vote "no" on the floor of the House of Representatives:
As the former head of the Illinois National Guard, Enyart tells WSIL-TV the resolution was silly and that it does nothing to resolve Washington's bigger issues. Enyart calls Saturday's action "phony" and says it "didn't do anything."
That's true, Enyart, it "didn't do anything" to address the bigger issues. The resolution wasn't intended to do so. What it did do is permit the men and women of the armed forces and other government agencies the opportunity to receive spiritual care without extraordinary hindrance and in accordance with such provision in the U.S. Constitution.
I confess, though, that I'm disquieted at the notion that the minor role I play as a volunteer in the grand machine of government is one that can be used so readily by the powers that be as a political bludgeon, especially as it removes a source of comfort and serenity from a body of people who have gladly donated their lives to service to that same government. I'm not sure it is a role in which I intend on participating for much longer.