I don’t think politics can get much more stupid than this.
A Democratic politician has been taking bibles from tables in the lounge and hiding them under the seat cushions. In one case, he put one in the fridge. Some Republicans were horrified to discover that their asses actually rested on holy scripture. Some of them may even have farted. As we know, hell is full of miscreants who farted on holy scripture.
The Republicans apparently believe the Bible has some kind of weird voodoo power that can be transmitted up through the anus and into the larynx and cause otherwise rational politicians to defecate on Reason and Rationality and Intelligence and try to expel a Presbyterian Minister (Stahl Hamilton) who likes to play mild practical jokes. The vote was 30-28, a majority, but not enough. A two-thirds majority is required to expel a member.
Hamilton was apparently trying to make the point that religion and politics should be kept separate. The fact that the Republicans almost voted him out of office for tampering with their totemic texts tells you that he is absolutely right.