Politics and Religion

Louisiana governor signs law requiring Ten Commandments...
BigPapasan 3 Reviews 238 reads
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1 / 22

...be displayed in all public classrooms, from kindergartens to state-funded universities.  It's always been ruled unconstitutional but with the current Supreme Court the LA governor can't wait to spend taxpayers' money to see if the 20th time is the charm.

 
Onward, Christian soldiers!

 
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-louisiana-law-requires-display-ten-commandments-classrooms-civil-rights-groups-plan-challenge

Hpygolky 207 Reviews 8 reads
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2 / 22
WIMissScarlet See my TER Reviews 9 reads
posted
3 / 22

Do they have nothing else to waste tax payers money on? And yes, it is unconstitutional because of separation of church and state. They pull this shit whenever it is an election year.

followme 8 reads
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4 / 22

Moses was the first person to ever  download data from the cloud to a tablet.

LostSon 43 Reviews 8 reads
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5 / 22

As we used to say in the Marines,  

“Good initiative but bad judgement!”

Nice idea but ya can’t force it by law.

cks175 43 Reviews 8 reads
posted
6 / 22

Agreed. Do the promoters of this bill even really believe they have a chance to win in court?

inicky46 61 Reviews 9 reads
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7 / 22

why would anyone be surprised if they let schools do this?

cks175 43 Reviews 9 reads
posted
8 / 22

They’ve also come out with a good number of unanimous rulings. I would expect this will be another one of them.

willywonka4u 22 Reviews 9 reads
posted
9 / 22

Conservatives might as well do the same thing. At least the conservative version has legal and historical significance.

LostSon 43 Reviews 8 reads
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11 / 22

Posted By: cks175
Re: Well the left has been putting their religious symbols in classrooms.
You make a good point there.
He does, doesn't he...

inicky46 61 Reviews 7 reads
posted
12 / 22

Explain to the class what religion it represents.

cks175 43 Reviews 9 reads
posted
13 / 22

One can argue that it’s not a religious symbol, but it’s most definitely a cult symbol and not appropriate for children’s classrooms.

impposter 49 Reviews 19 reads
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14 / 22
impposter 49 Reviews 17 reads
posted
15 / 22

A symbol of learning to read?

Posted By: cks175
Re: That's not a religious symbol. (It’s A Cult Symbol)
One can argue that it’s not a religious symbol, but it’s most definitely a cult symbol and not appropriate for children’s classrooms.

inicky46 61 Reviews 8 reads
posted
16 / 22

My objection, clearly, was about Willy's mis-labeling it in a feeble attempt at rebuttal.

willywonka4u 22 Reviews 8 reads
posted
17 / 22

And I’m not the only one who thinks so. But even if you don’t buy that argument, the point of keeping religion out of schools is that public schools are not supposed to be pushing any religious or political ideology. They’re supposed to be neutral and non-partisan.

WIMissScarlet See my TER Reviews 8 reads
posted
18 / 22

One could also argue so it is United States flag. Take it all down. Schools should be for learning, not indoctrination.

cks175 43 Reviews 8 reads
posted
19 / 22

Learning about our country is not indoctrination, it’s basic civics. Removing flags is a pretty radical notion. Are you Republican, Democrat or Libertarian?

willywonka4u 22 Reviews 9 reads
posted
20 / 22

You think we should remove the US flag from PUBLIC schools? As in “this is a government building”. Are you retarded?

DavieD99 5 reads
posted
21 / 22

I'm sorry MissScarlett, but if that is as far in the wrong direction as we could go. We live in the US. We SHOULD want our flag proudly displayed in each and every classroom across America. Learning about our country, both historical events and current IS learning. If your solution is "take it all down" i believe you would then turn into part of the problem.

RespectfulRobert 8 reads
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22 / 22

How would allowing the US flag in the classroom be "indoctrination?" If the schools only taught that America has always been a great country, devoid of racism and discrimination, that would be indoctrination and flat out lies. Nikki Haley comes to mind. But just having a symbol of freedom in the class shouldn't be a cause for consternation.
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I do think that anything religious or political should not be in schools, so on that we would agree, but I don't think the American flag is, in and of itself, political.

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