Poll: Separation of church and state.

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Is the separation of church and state constitutional?

Yes!
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No!
10
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Post by Fusion pimp »

Tyranny,
No offense taken. I didn't post this with the intention of it being flame-bait. Although, I suppose the topic itself is going to spark just that.

Pugwash,
The teacher was not handing out "religious material". The 5th grade students were discussing/studying The Declaration of Independence. One of them told their parents that the word "God" appeared and came into the discussion. According to the teacher and the rest of the students, the topic of God was discussed for less than 5 minutes, TOTAL. Next thing you know the principle and the anti-God heathens are throwing a fit.

It's to be expected with heathens.
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Post by roid »

bet51987 wrote:I go to school for an education and to church for....well you already know what and why.
you just want to sing! Si-

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wait wait! stop, we'll have none of that.
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Post by Will Robinson »

DCrazy, that was me, Will, who suggested there is a lack of a defense...but I meant a lack of defense on the part of the school!
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Post by TheCops »

Fusion pimp wrote:It's to be expected with heathens.
haha.
kill me now! kill me now!

thanx for getting me a paid day off from work.

love,
a heathen
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Post by DCrazy »

*smacks self*

My point still stands tho, as a question to you... wait, no it doesn't.
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Post by Pugwash »

from Wills link:
"He hands out a lot of material and perhaps 5 to 10 percent refers to God and Christianity because that's what the founders wrote," said Thompson, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund

I did not mean he was handing out bibles. Maybe I could have worded that better. However if ya want to be picky, as you can see he hands out "material", 10% of which refers to god and is therefore religous. Therefore he is handing out religeous material. :P
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Post by Pugwash »

Oh, and another thing. This story raises the question "what the hell happened to common sense around here?". The principles actions seems ludicrous. But I guess that is another thread.
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Post by Tyranny »

Common sense doesn't seem to be so common anymore. It went the way of 'responsible parents' and 'personal responsibility' and apparently became extinct. ;)
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Post by Dedman »

Pugwash wrote:as you can see he hands out "material", 10% of which refers to god and is therefore religous. Therefore he is handing out religeous material. :P
So I guess that dollar bill in your wallet is a religous document?
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Post by Pugwash »

Tyranny wrote:Common sense doesn't seem to be so common anymore. It went the way of 'responsible parents' and 'personal responsibility' and apparently became extinct. ;)
nicely put!
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Post by Pugwash »

Dedman wrote:
Pugwash wrote:as you can see he hands out "material", 10% of which refers to god and is therefore religous. Therefore he is handing out religeous material. :P
So I guess that dollar bill in your wallet is a religous document?
and a woman is a witch if she weighs the same as a duck.
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