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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on July 6, 2012 at 7:58am

Oh, but the US is a christian nation!  So giving to christian schools is okay ... right?

What a jackass....

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Permalink Reply by Sandi on July 6, 2012 at 8:27am

Yes, they should have made a list of schools that will benefit from funding so that they could pick and choose which ones are worthy, because as you know, some religions aren't real.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on July 6, 2012 at 9:14am

ha ha what MORONS.  Maybe I shouldn't laugh, I should cry instead. 

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Permalink Reply by Pat on July 6, 2012 at 9:27am

What this nitwit said is scary enough. The real scary thing is that people voted for her and, in all probability, will re-elect her. But, the majority of Americans aren't ignorant. Yeah, right!

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on July 6, 2012 at 9:34am

If they're not ignorant, they are INDIFFERENT ... which is probably as bad if not worse.

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Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on July 6, 2012 at 9:47am

yeah, but Muslims are craaaaaaaaaaaaaazy!  the things they believe in...oh my!  now, where is my rosary, i want to pray to the Virgin Mary that my kids get into college. 

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Boyer on July 10, 2012 at 8:54am

@ matthew

 

Uh-oh.

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Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on July 6, 2012 at 9:50am

Ugh! Thanks for posting. I shared on Facebook

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Boyer on July 10, 2012 at 8:59am

@ Sandi

 

Oh, yes. And it's not at all unusual for "conservative Christians" to claim their faith is not religion. With the further claim that it's not (a religion) because it's the truth/Truth. Ergo, religions are not true; therefore, when one is true, it cannot be a religion.

 

I do wish that at least one of them would look up the definition of religion in Webster's, which of course would put the lie to the claim(s) re when religion is not ... a religion. Tho I'm sure self-delusion in that case would trump Webster's hands down anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Sandi on July 10, 2012 at 12:54pm

I think that understanding the differences between different gods and different beliefs and religions, for me, is the one thing that will never happen.

Just the whole scenario of so many people believing in such a vast variety of teachings and practices, which at the end of it all points to one 'being' and yet each and every person adamantly believes that theirs is the right one seems so contradictory and ridiculous on such a freaking grand scale it is beyond anyone's comprehension.

This is a situation of 'what's good for the goose' or 'can't have your cake' and is so blatantly ignorant. Similar situations have arisen of late because the conservatives want to push through their agenda without actually understanding the entire concept of their actions. And yes, how do these people get voted into office? There are so many of them. It seems you definitely don't need to pass an IQ test to become a politician. Rick Perry is a prime example, as is Herman Cain and Palin, <insert long list here> (though Cain makes me laugh, Perry doesn't).

The statement "Some legislators aren’t comfortable funding Muslim schools. What’s to be done? How about not establishing these programs in the first place? Let Muslims fund Muslim schools. Let Catholics fund Catholics ones. Let fundamentalist Protestants pay for the conservative Christian academies and so on" strikes the biggest chord of all. Why is there funding for these schools in the first place?

Money in politics: You don't earn your position, you buy it.

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Permalink Reply by Secular Forces 2013 on July 10, 2012 at 3:06pm

LOL dummies.
wanna really rile em' up just send in the First (bad ass) Lady!

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Permalink Reply by John Aultman on July 10, 2012 at 8:27pm

 Yes her Christian privilege is showing but as a State Representative for Louisiana (and Republican) her ignorance of the the First Amendment to our Constitution is reprehensible.  

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