Really, you can't make this stuff up!
The Virginia legislature is about to vote on a bill which prevents employers and insurance companies from implanting microchips in a person's body against their will. Interesting. Presumably the vote cannot be taken until all delegates are fitted with aluminum headgear to prevent telepathic thoughts from influencing their decision.
This is not as "out there" as you might think. Wisconsin has already passed such a law and Georgia is contemplating a similar idea. Apparently the fear of Big Brotherism stems from discussions among insurance companies and other health providers to implant chips in Alzheimer's patients. The chips would be helpful should the patient wander off. Also there has been talk of implanting people's medical records in their bodies. Should you be in an accident, responders could retrieve the data and therefore know how best to treat you. These ideas no doubt have merit provided they are voluntary. Forced implants, however, sends a chill through even the people who wrote the Patriot Act.
One would think that the Virginia legislature would vote for this bill on First Amendment grounds. The unwanted implanting of microchips in Commonwealth citizens is abhorrent to lovers of liberty and defenders of personal privacy. However, to insure that no one forgets that Virginia is still the home of Christian radicalism, several members of the House of Delegates have supported the ban on implants because...wait for it...implants represent the "mark of the beast". That's right folks. Your elected officials are approving and rejecting policy based on the voodoo details of the Book of Revelations in the Bible.
Far be it from me to denigrate the beliefs of anyone, including those who run for public office but, I would feel better if those office-holders didn't arrive for work muttering about End of Days and angels pouring out their bowls on the earth. I mean it's scary enough watching Virginia Republicans hunt for new crimes deserving of capital punishment. Revelations is very specific what with reference to seven trumpets, seven seals and the beasts of the land and sea. The scripture states that "no man may buy or sell save that he has the mark, or the name of the beast or the number of his name". This has prompted some deep thinkers to imagine that the "mark" is some form of bar code.
Anyway, I suppose that we should be grateful that, regardless of motive, the Virginia House of Delegates will stumble into the correct ruling. Now if only someone in government could divine a Biblical reference to the prohibition of handguns. Perhaps in Exodus "...and the Lord said unto Moses 'tell those Jewish idiots to stop shooting each other".
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