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SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
2. Are the majority of people/parents "for" those plaques?
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 02:05 PM
Oct 2014

What a stupid question by FAUX. Of course they are. I'm sure the atheists are outnumbered 100 to 1.

Why start with an obvious answer to such a stupid question? Again, a lot of investigative reporting by FAUX. Must be a slow news day. Yet another reason not to listen to FAUX.

yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)
4. But you know if a Buddhist statue went up near
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 02:45 PM
Oct 2014

by..they would go freaking nuts, and start a riot and no doubt destroy it as quickly as possible.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
6. Attempting to "bully" them. That's rich.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 02:53 PM
Oct 2014

Meanwhile, it's A-OK for them circumvent the Constitution in order to bully non-Christians by making them feel like outsiders.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
7. So let me see if I understand this...
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 02:57 PM
Oct 2014

An atheist group from a thousand miles away is protesting these plaques that Christians believe pay homage to an invisible power that presides over the infinite universe?

And these folks talk of "community?"

fob

(5,578 posts)
8. Here's the rule: My Freedom FROM Religion trumps your Freedom OF Religion
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 03:19 PM
Oct 2014

at a PUBLIC FUCKING SCHOOL.


At your church, then your Freedom OF Religion trumps my Freedom From Religion. So YOU are the bullies conducting a War on the Constitution.

W T F

(1,148 posts)
9. They want atheists to pay for promoting religion in public school with their tax money.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 04:31 PM
Oct 2014

Now there's a conservative argument thrown back at them.

The CCC

(463 posts)
10. Fux news wants atheists to just "accept the culture of jesus" in Texas public schools
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 05:04 PM
Oct 2014

There corrected it.

EEO

(1,620 posts)
11. We can't impose our religious beliefs on others? We're being repressed!
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:02 PM
Oct 2014

And news flash. We are a republic, not a democracy. Why did the founders create a convoluted system of government and the electoral college? In an attempt to insulate the government from stupidity. Clearly, not a wholly successful endeavor.

Quixote1818

(28,976 posts)
12. Fox has come out for Gay Marriage because they had to and this type of crap is to reach out to
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:52 PM
Oct 2014

the religious right bigots who are pissed off at Fox for their new Gay Marriage stance. Nothing Fox does is based on conviction but the bottom line.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
13. War on Religion?
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:00 PM
Oct 2014

Bullshit! Separation of Church and State is absolutely essential to democracy. Students may pray in school; carry their bibles in school; hold religious meetings in schools...as long as the school, ie., government, does not participate in any of these activities. The plaques are unconstitutional. The nitwit at FUX "news" doesn't have the slightest idea about conducting a proper interview. She pushes one viewpoint, an incorrect one, and does not understand the US Constitution. What absolute STUPIDITY!

Bartlet

(172 posts)
14. What other parts of the
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:21 PM
Oct 2014

Constitution do they want to shred and demand people just follow? Why are conservatives such selfish, self centered, ignorant shits?

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
16. The Bible beaters want nothing less than a full-blown THEOCRACY in this Country. And they'd like to
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 04:28 AM
Oct 2014

be able to disappear the nonbelievers. So "Christian" of the Bible beaters...

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