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Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Prevent Atheists From Graduating (pg. 3)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joz
Do they think the great nothingness will strike them down in its wrath? |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Prevent Really Stubborn, Pedantic People From Graduating And Moving On In A World That Will Perpetually Offend Them At Every Turn
Honestly, the entire oath is stupid. You're not becoming a ing Federal Attorney. The God bit is the least troubling portion of the entire, jingoistic bile that is being forced on kids who likely have minimal understanding of the ramifications of said oath, given the state of public education in Arizona, of all places. |
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| de+ |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
So then why would you care about saying 4 words that you don't even mean? They're not saying you have to believe them in order to graduate, you just have to say them. If you had a serious moral issue with doing homework, do you think you should be excused from doing it just because you're against it? |
It's that pesky constitution. But I guess ignoring our rights is cool if it accomplishes nothing, eh? |
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| srussell0018 |
| It protects freedom of religion. You don't have religion. WHERE'S YOUR NOT GOD NOW? |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Arizona also has a constitution. The automatic deference to federal mandate to the letter is one of the most silently contentious issues between left and right in this country. Not saying this isn't dumb, nor that there aren't much larger issues of infringement at hand, but the system was designed as such to allow individual states to vote for representatives who might insert such nuttery into the public school requirements that are by and large provisioned by local property taxes, not federal. |
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| de+ |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
It protects freedom of religion. You don't have religion. WHERE'S YOUR NOT GOD NOW? |
Umm... where you trying to be coherent? If so I think you might have failed.
There is also the question of why anyone would actually encourage children to lie. A little strange for an oath of allegiance. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Oaths of Allegiance are probably by nature inherently compulsory; maybe that is kind of the point, is that it is an exercise in the exertion of authority. But a mere exercise it remains. Now if there were executions and codified consequences for breaking this oath, that would be a different story. Still, it's about as meaningful as a Civil War Re-enactment, coincidentally the pleasure of old, white men to the apathy of most everyone else. |
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| Lews |
| Jesus Christ, Odin, and Thor, the OP is ing dense. |
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| enydo |
| Good, atheists are ing bull anyways, good riddance. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Jesus Christ, Odin, and Thor, the OP is ing dense. |
Seriously! In his own first post...
| quote: | | As written, the bill does not exempt atheist students or those of different faiths from the requirement, though Thorpe has pledged to amend the measure. "...I do not want to create a requirement that students or parents may feel uncomfortable with.” |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by de+
Umm... where you trying to be coherent? If so I think you might have failed.
There is also the question of why anyone would actually encourage children to lie. A little strange for an oath of allegiance. |
Where I? |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by de+
There is also the question of why anyone would actually encourage children to lie. A little strange for an oath of allegiance. |
So children=atheists? |
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