Rick Santorum: 'Yes We Can' Put The Bible Back In Public Schools (Right Wing Watch)

[inanna]

3/16/2015 11:06 am

In a speech Saturday to the far-right Awakening conference organized by Liberty Counsel, Rick Santorum told the audience of pastors and activists that it was up to them to save America by, in part, getting Bibles back in public schools.

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Link to article: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-santorum-yes-we-can-put-bible-back-public-schools

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. There is another way to accomplish this, abolish public schools.

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Which is what the rightwing religious fuckheads want, but we must not allow that to ever happen

[Helen Borg]

11. Even better: Abolish Santorum!

BTW, has he been gaining a lot of weight or what? I thought Jesus would make sure you stay fit.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

14. Why cant people like him have heart attacks instead of George Carlin and

so on.

Fuck I hate these people, they have made me hate them

[Thor_MN]

12. Um, that's is a right wing talking point.

Straight out of their playbook, wanting to privatize education.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

13. exactly why I said it, that is what they want, not me

[Thor_MN]

15. You might want to learn where the sarcasm smilie is, or otherwise indicate your sarcasm.

Without it you look like a right wing troll, as your post stands, it implies that you do want to abolish public schools.

[Thor_MN]

18. Well, you deleted your reply, but under 4 months here doesn't give people

time to "know you well enough".

Welcome to DU, by the way .

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

19. Didnt want to turn it into an argument. I am pretty well known already, infamously

I suppose, for being very outspoken as a supporter of Hillary and my in your face attitude on racial issues.

But thanks for the welcome.

[maddiemom]

21. I gotcha! It doesn't always pay to be subtle and sarcastic, I guess.

[hollysmom]

2. let's start with Santorum is Catholic - unless you are a catholic school they never

use the right bible

Here is my story of a Catholic growing up in public school when they read from the bible each morning

They used the King James version of the bible, not a catholic bible. and afterwards we had to say the lord's prayer - the King James Version - duh not the same as catholic prayer - I had to go to catechism after school and the nuns did not take kindly for me using the wrong words in the lord's prayer - but if you say one prayer every day it is hard to remember you are supposed to say something different on Sunday. All in all I was glad when they stopped praying in school.

If he is too ignorant to know this (his kids went to computer school instead of real school) well, just why does he think he should make decisions for others.

[freedom fighter jh]

3. What kind of Bible does he want to see in public schools?

Catholic or Protestant?

Catholic, I'm sure, since that's what he is. But it's not what most Americans are. Will he be satisfied with Bibles in public schools that represent a religion that is not his?

[shraby]

4. Santorum! I went to 7 different school systems until I graduated from high school Never once did I

see a bible in any of the schools.
Bibles were for church. Reading, history, math, and science books are for school.

[femmocrat]

5. The Bible is not banned from public schools.

Anyone can carry around or read a Bible privately. They just cannot force others to listen or read it. He's a moran.

[The CCC]

6. The Bible is not banned from public schools.

Mr. Frothy isn't stupid, but he does know his base is.

[Voice for Peace]

8. frothy.. that's funny I just used that word

but I probably read your post and that's why.
but it's a good one. especially when he gets going,
waving his arms and such. I have visions of megalomaniacs
past whenever I see him.

[Voice for Peace]

7. he's a megalomaniac. I am not kidding.

whenever he's speaking and he starts getting some amens and yeahs
he reverts to a frothy megalomaniacal personality.

[zebonaut]

9. The bible? But not the the Hindu holy scriptures; or the Koran?

or equal time for Pastafarians and Satanists?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. One crazy fuck - he just might get the Teathuglian nomination. haha

[PADemD]

17. Not this BS again.

When we had Bible reading in school in the early 60's, there was always an argument over which version was going to be read. Every day someone took a turn at reading, and the Catholic kids did not want to listen to or read from the King James version. The Jehovah's Witnesses did not recite or stand for the Pledge to the Flag.

It was so much better when Bible reading was discontinued.

[maddiemom]

20. Wow. That excerpt felt waaay longer than two and a half minutes!

It does seem as if Lil' Ricky has pretty much given up on the presidential nomination for next year. Ya gotta give him credit though, he's got his beliefs and he doesn't waiver from them. God led the Founding Fathers to establish a "Christian" nation (regardless of how misled some, like Jefferson were). The evil left wing has taken the Bible out of our schools and that's the whole problem with the U.S.A.

[DeSwiss]

22. No you can't you freak! n/t

[zebonaut]

23. Science launches rockets to the moon; cures deafness, brings back sight. For religion; it's 000.

Not to mention the internet.