Kris Steele, the incoming Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, is asking fellow Republicans “to focus on key issues and not get distracted filing measures that could be considered frivolous” and to prioritize economic issues “rather than legislators squabbling over immigration, weapons or social issues.”
Presumably, this measure introduced by Rep. Sally Kern is exactly the sort of thing Steele doesn’t want to see:
A bill that would have allowed people with religious concerns to refuse high-resolution driver’s license photos died in a House committee. The bill’s author, Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, expressed concern that the higher resolution pictures could be included in a national database. She said the Bible’s Book of Revelation mentions “a one-world government and everybody will be enrolled into a system and have to have a certain mark in order to buy, sell and trade.”
Apparently Kern introduced this measure in February:
HB 2943 would allow people with religious concerns to refuse high-resolution driver’s license photos. The bill’s author, Rep. Sally Kern, said people would be able to opt for lower resolution pictures.
The concern is the higher resolution pictures could be included in part of a database in which “you have no anonymity any more in the world anywhere,” said Kern, R-Oklahoma City. “You wouldn’t know that they are identifying you and why should the government be identifying law-abiding citizens?”
Kern said the Bible’s Book of Revelation mentions “a one-world government and everybody will be enrolled into a system and have to have a certain mark in order to buy, sell and trade.”
