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Ebone4rock
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 Posted - 06/24/2010 : 04:20:23
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/23/connecticut-school-removes-lord-reference-high-school-diplomas/?test=latestnews
I like it, I like it a lot.....but some people still just can't understand
“I do believe that it’s a travesty to keep removing the Lord’s name,” the mother of three told FOX News Radio. “I believe that our nation was founded on the principles of belief in God, and our Founding Fathers made sure it was incorporated into every document that they produced.”
“This is political correctness gone mad,” said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League. “What this New Haven school is doing is more than a detour from our moorings, it is unconscionable; attempts to scrub clean any reference to our founding is a disservice to the students and their community.”
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So my question for them is....When did the founding fathers design this high schools diplomas?
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Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
Edited by - Ebone4rock on 06/24/2010 04:22:17
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 06/24/2010 : 07:12:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/23/connecticut-school-removes-lord-reference-high-school-diplomas/?test=latestnews
I like it, I like it a lot.....but some people still just can't understand
“I do believe that it’s a travesty to keep removing the Lord’s name,” the mother of three told FOX News Radio. “I believe that our nation was founded on the principles of belief in God, and our Founding Fathers made sure it was incorporated into every document that they produced.”
“This is political correctness gone mad,” said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League. “What this New Haven school is doing is more than a detour from our moorings, it is unconscionable; attempts to scrub clean any reference to our founding is a disservice to the students and their community.”
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So my question for them is....When did the founding fathers design this high schools diplomas?
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Oh yeah, the usual suspects are going to go beyond batshit-insane and into the realms of howling at the moon at noon over this! A step in the right direction, certainly. Dontcha just love it when they go all apoplectic and stuff?
The "Year of our Lord" dates back to the early Catholic Church as a sort of a way to give documents some official weight. Of course, people being what they are, it soon became merel s custom and as easily ignored as any other.
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2010 : 09:51:45 [Permalink]
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| Who cares. How does this affect anybodies right to religious freedom? I bet none of those people complaining even knew or cared if it said that or not on the diploma's before the story came out. I cannot tell you what my HS diploma says and I don't think Jesus cares either. |
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. - George Washington |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
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894 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2010 : 10:06:53 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
Who cares. How does this affect anybodies right to religious freedom? I bet none of those people complaining even knew or cared if it said that or not on the diploma's before the story came out. I cannot tell you what my HS diploma says and I don't think Jesus cares either.
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Apparently the religious folks do. They can't understand that they are free to express their religion all they want at home, at church, or pretty much wherever they want other than publicly funded institutions. They don't get it. |
Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2010 : 10:16:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Originally posted by Robb
Who cares. How does this affect anybodies right to religious freedom? I bet none of those people complaining even knew or cared if it said that or not on the diploma's before the story came out. I cannot tell you what my HS diploma says and I don't think Jesus cares either.
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Apparently the religious folks do. They can't understand that they are free to express their religion all they want at home, at church, or pretty much wherever they want other than publicly funded institutions. They don't get it.
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They can express their religion in public institutions they just cannot make it part of that institution. |
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. - George Washington |
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Machi4velli
SFN Regular
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Posted - 06/24/2010 : 21:17:56 [Permalink]
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| It still puts a year on it from the Christian calendar :) |
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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Posted - 06/25/2010 : 07:46:17 [Permalink]
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| I'll say this Robb, at least you're being reasonable about this. Not at all like the fundy types I regularly deal with! |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Another step in the right direction
