Jesus Christ!! What the hell is wrong with this Country?

[Va Lefty]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/18/1202906/-Beloved-teacher-fired-after-being-outed-in-her-mother-s-obituary

Is this really who we are? Beyond depressing

[MineralMan]

1. Your first two words.

In a nutshell.

[we can do it]

7. Great reply!

[liberalhistorian]

18. No, not really.

It's more due to the twisted, distorted, hateful, very un-Christ-like interpretations of simple-minded men obsessed with power, control and sexism and not Christ himself.

[MineralMan]

20. They do what they do

in his name. They claim to follow his teachings. He doesnt appear to be around to tell them to knock it off. The RCC is the largest denomination. I rest my case.

I am an atheist. It is all mythology.

[historian]

22. bravo my friend

Religion is nothing more than a panacea for the simple minded and it works wonders for those seeking power. There is a book called The Medieval Underworld by Andrew McCall, which is worth reading as it shows how the church abused the minds of simpletons and the superstitious, not only to acquire enormous riches,but to foster hatred and prejudice, create wars and devastation and, amazingly enough, is still alive and well today. Instead if the Vatican read Southern Baptists. Worth a read. Enjoy

[historian]

23. What is wrong?

Ignorance pure and simple.

[historian]

24. it actually goes further than that

When the church was first being formed (the idea of a centralized church was very much against jesus's teachings to begin with) the pope, as a self designated descendent of St. Peter (or was it Paul? Who remembers this nonsense) placed himself above the laws of God by claiming that he had the final say in how those laws were interpreted. He therefore, in the eyes of the simpletons, became god himself. His words and threats of excommunication caused terror in the minds of those who truly believed in all nonsense and even had Kings groveling for forgiveness. Sad to say that this is still going on only instead of the pope we how have tv evangelists who, in their 3000$ suits and rolls royces, convince little old l ladies to hand over their social security checks in order to buy their way into heaven.

[snooper2]

31. how do you know not "Christ himself"

Be nice if the guy took the time to write his own book or something right?



LAZY!!!! had to have other people write stories down and interpretations. How many versions are there now?

[Arugula Latte]

2. Ah, the Catholic Church strikes again.

One thing that is wrong with this country? Religion.

[SoCalDem]

10. A good friend of mine is a teacher at a catholic high school

She has been "counseled" twice:

Once she was "caught" smoking in her car (she's 63).. that ended when she reminded them that the good Father so-and-so often bummed cigarettes from her

and again when her daughter (who was 24 at the time, and in the Air Force) had an out-of-wedlock child..

She laughed both off, but was a bit pissed at the intrusion

[liberalhistorian]

17. And yet when it comes to the out-of-control

pedophilia of their own clergy, who are also supposed to "set the example", it's major cover-up, sweep-under-the-rug and blame-the-victim time. Bleh.

[Skittles]

21. careful!! We have to RESPECT their bigotry!!

because, you know, it's TRADITION!!!

[LiberalElite]

25. yes, because they're the ones being persecuted nt

[Arugula Latte]

29. Oh, that's right. So sorry!

Somebody whose name rhymes with schmadinschmrezinski should be along any moment to remind me of that, as well ...

[mike_c]

3. ohio....

The worst god nutters I've ever encountered were in eastern Ohio.

[we can do it]

8. I gotta get out of this place

[liberalhistorian]

9. Then you must not have

ever encountered southern Ohio, lol. It's like Mississippi-lite. Not to say that there aren't plenty of them in eastern Ohio, either, though.

[mike_c]

11. that doesn't surprise me in the least....

Haven't seen you around here for quite some time, stranger! Of course, I don't post that much any longer either. I hope all is well!

[liberalhistorian]

14. Oh, I've been around here, I just tend to read

more than I post lately. Hope all is well with you, too!

[WCGreen]

13. Ohio East of Route 83 and North of Turnpike are pretty normal...

Once you go south or further west, the crazy kicks in big time.

[liberalhistorian]

15. No shit. I grew up in NE Ohio and my

mom is from southern Ohio. It was like going to a different state or even country altogether when we would visit her family in that area. It was a major reason why she left that part of the state and never went back, except for family visits and gatherings.

[still_one]

4. Plenty, I hope she sues

[Wellstone ruled]

5. The Rught Wing Thought Police at their finest.

Orwells 1984 in full view!!!!!!!

[KinMd]

6. An example

of why I avoid church religiously.

[liberalhistorian]

12. There are plenty of churches and denominations

that welcome, accept and ordain GLBT individuals. The student body of the progressive, liberal social-justice-oriented seminary I attend is more than half GLBT, and the same is true for the faculty and staff, including at the highest administration levels. The type of people who'd fire this woman simply due to her sexual orientation would not be welcomed there, probably not even accepted in the first place.

[JaneyVee]

16. Where do I begin...

[kiva]

19. When you choose to teach at a religious school,

this is the risk. I realize that teaching jobs are not always easy to get, but when you teach or attend a private school, they get to make the rules.

[duffyduff]

28. Unfortunately, yes.

They probably have it spelled out in the contract she signed.

[Initech]

26. What the fuck!!!

We got to start changing this country. The southern strategy fucked everything up.

[MrBig]

27. A depressing state of affairs

Honestly, the discrimination is just saddening and maddening. She was teaching at a private school so, yeah, they do have the "right" to let her go for whatever reason they choose, but this is just pure discrimination. And wrong.

[Dpm12]

30. fuck!

n/t