Yesterday I stayed up until midnight watching the stats come in. First was the hateful bitch Liz Dole getting hatefully beaten down by a 2-1 margin from her supposedly godless opponent. Yes, the opponent had put on the whole ‘how dare you call me an atheist” bit, and that sucked, but in the end Hagan will be good for the country.Obama won, which is very good for the Supreme Court. The Dems have a 4+ seat advantage in the senate, so any justices that get put up now may help to sway the SCOTUS back to the center on issues important to Atheists. This is a very good thing.We lost the FL and CA marriage amendment fights, but I am hopeful that we see Federal Civil Union law in the next two years. It has always been my point that this should solve the problem, IF straight people start getting civilly joined instead of married.All in all, I’m a happy guy. OK I’m really really happy.
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I know. I’m guilty of breaking my rules as well. I’ll forgive you, if you forgive me.
Surprise…Surprise…Surprise! Do you even know what Christianity is?
Iroy, Irony, Irony Will Robertson! Bush shedded it. It is hoped Obamba will restore it.
And now you resort to stealing a ubiquitous term used by atheists to describe the christian flock.
I am so enjoying your desperation.
I’ll put my Kool-Aid down for a brief moment and answer your questions, phreedm!
1.Why ARE the videos being taken down from Google?
Answer: Yes.
2.Why did NObama rush out to rewrite the web site to give it a softer approach?
Answer: 1970.
3.While some may see the benifits from such an idea, what are the potential dangers of such a program?
Answer: Vancouver.
4.What kind of “requirements” could such a program place on society in the future?
Answer: Every other Tuesday.
Can I get back to my Kool-Aid now? Sweet, sweet beverage of the inner city and trailer parks, did you miss me? I missed you…Oh, yeah…
So far as money and service are concerned, while contributions in a church are voluntary, they are certainly expected, and social pressures are certainly brought to bear. Ever heard the whispering about that one guy who makes more than most but only puts a dollar into the plate? Or that woman who said she had a prior engagement and couldn’t make pancake breafast/mission on Saturday but was really sleeping in? That’s not force, but it’s damn close to it.
But it’s not the same, no. But then again, it all depends on context. These community service proposals are first and formost a form of education. Second, they’re in exchange for so much federal assistance to pay for that education. But remember, these kids aren’t going to marching into to DC to mow Obama’s lawn. They’re going to be working within their own communities. This is hardly a selfish policy. If you can defend the accumulated hours of standing up to say the pledge of allegience, you can defend this under the same principles.
“Overreaching” is subjective. The pledge of allegiance for example. The consitution is supposed to protect individuals. It doesn’t say anything about preventing schools from adding tree planting and litter pick up to their curriculae.
I’m not sure why you brought up your dispassion for other nations, but I think it’s worth noting not caring about other nations is akin to not caring about other people.
Google ranks according to popularity. Are you sure they didn’t disappear like anything else does? Even assuming they were tanked through other Google manipulations, does the Obama administration not have the right to control their own message? The internet is a source of information, and information that they don’t intend to spread is a source of MISinformation. It’s kind of their duty to control that, isn’t it?
Complaining that they’ve “softened” their stance on something you oppose is kind of weird, isn’t it? Isn’t such softening closer to what you want?
Can’t think of any that don’t involve a scarey and unnecessary trip down the slippery slope of logic. I don’t recall hearing a plan to wear uniforms and drill with rubber weaponry.
Again, one would think that instilling the virtues of service would be universally held as a Good Thing(tm), especially from the religious who try so hard to instill those values in their own communities.
Are you 100% certain that your complaint here is not a kneejerk reaction to the fact that it’s coming from Obama? I’d bet a dollar that if Sarah Palin suggested it after the shock of him actually winning this election killed him, that you’d be all on board.
I am not a gay man and my marriage to my wife was not a religious ceremony , not one mention of the SKY FAIRY and it was performed by a judge at a lake outdoors. So I guess I am not married in phrees eyes ? My wife may think differently ?? LOL
Oh, yeah, Jaydave, you’re living in sin. Y’all are so going to hell.
I find the fear that compulsory community service for kids in school is somehow going to lead to a bunch of brown-shirts marching in lock-step to be almost as ridiculous as the concept of a personal deity.
I’m a married heterosexual, and yet the fact that same-sex couples here in the northeast are also married has not endangered our marriage at all. I still don’t get the argument that preventing same-sex couples from enjoying the benefits of marriage somehow protects my marriage. How’s that supposed to work again? I was under the impression that what protects our marriage is our commitment, our loyalty, our love, and our willingness to work at it.