By DENA POTTER, Associated Press Writer

Some legislators want Virginia to join the growing chorus of states that have defied the federal government by refusing to participate in a national identification program billed as a way to fight terrorism and identity theft.

Two pieces of legislation for consideration when lawmakers return to Richmond on Jan. 14 call for Virginia to ignore the federal mandate to come into compliance with the Real ID Act by the beginning of next year.

Similar bills went nowhere last year, but supporters say the looming deadline gives the issue new urgency.

Description/History: In 2005 the United States Congress passed the Real ID Act, renamed Dangerous ID by Virginia activists. According to the legislation, your state issued driver's license will be turned into a national ID card and will be required for access to many functions of society and will reveal your name, birth date, sex, ID number, and a digital photograph of you, at a minimum. In response to unprecedented resistance from the states, the Department of Homeland Security's deadline for state compliance with the Dangerous ID Act was pushed back from 2008 to 2011.

Many of various religious faiths have rejected participating in Social Security and other “numbering” schemes because of scriptural objectons. They have opted out of this “insurance” program for fear that number would one day be connected to evil. Those who opted out now see persecution coming for their stand. Each progressive year has proven these prophets correct in their suppositions. The potential connection to the “mark” or “number” of a “beast” (kingdom) according to the Prophets Daniel and John are uncanny.

The firestorm of public outcry against the Bush administration and its policy that destroyed conservative trust is testimony enough that the GOP leadership needs to be reminded that selling out the nation is a very bad idea. The Democratic victories of yesterday serve as evidence that the public now sees conservatism as the party of endless war, massive government, and crony capitalism.

In a release on Oct. 24, 2008, researchers describe major flaws in the use of the RFID chip in passports and in some Real ID compliant driver's licenses.

RFID tags used in two new types of border-crossing documents in the U.S. are vulnerable to snooping and copying, a researcher said on Thursday.