why not give the fundies one state

[CTLawGuy]

where they can all move to and where the constitution doesn't apply and they can create their own christian fundamentalist state. In exchange they stop bothering us. also they have to give everyone currently living there a free pass to move out if they don't want to stay.

I vote for Utah or Texas. Easier transition...

[kwolf68]

1. They can have (or will get)

Idaho, Oklahoma and Alaska.

[Genevieve]

54. Alaska - And sarah can be queen! - sounds perfect to me. nt

[polichick]

2. Can't they just get raptured ahead of schedule so we can keep all 50 states?

[BrklynLiberal]

7. That would be great. I need some new shoes.

[Blondiegrrl]

Dibs on Sarah's wardrobe! nt

[SmileyRose]

52. I just laughed so hard I snorted.

"I need new shoes"

LOL

I love this place. :)

[AtomicKitten]

3. Alaska is Ground Zero for the wingnuts.

[Jade Fox]

14. When I visited Alaska many years ago......

I came away thinking, while it is a beautiful state, it is the last refuge for misfits--not romantic James Dean type misfits, but people who just can't get along with anyone else.

[AtomicKitten]

18. I don't think Ms Thang will be warmly welcomed back home after this is over.

There was another ethics complaint filed against her plus the abuse of power "thing" is still viable. Also apparently the Alaska Congress comprised of a majority of Republicans is furious that McCant took over the state in such a vile way after she was nominated for VP. Ugly politics in such a beautiful state.

[d_b]

4. Utah and Texas it is

:D

[Tatiana]

13. Heh, they might want to skip Texas. We are taking it back by 2012. n/t

[d_b]

17. I hope we do the same.

[MichiganVote]

5. They can move to Somalia for all I care. Not one US state for them.

[kenny blankenship]

33. And may the best religion win!

[MichiganVote]

36. You got it. Take the Crusades and stick em' where people are happy to have em'.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Only if they ALL promise to go there, and never to bother us for anything ever again.

I think that a deserted island somewhere in the North Atlantic would be perfect...

[paparush]

23. The inbreeding and holier-than-thou shoot outs will reduce their numbers quickly.

Whut? Methodist? Shiiiiit, Methodist aint REAL CHRISTIAN (tm). BLAM! BLAM!

[TwilightZone]

8. There are several states a lot redder than Texas.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. they can keep their state of denial.

[Jade Fox]

10. I'd love to see them get what they think they want....

Sort of like the last 8 years, only A WHOLE LOT WORST!!

[yardwork]

11. They've been trying to take over South Carolina but they can't get enough fundies on board.

It turns out that when fundies are asked to actually do something inconvenient for their faith - like move or donate money - they sit on their hands. Fundies appear to be real good at forwarding emails and voting Republican, and not real effective at anything else.

[mrcheerful]

12. How about giving them the same ice packs in the bearing straights? I mean if

it's good enough for polar bears then its good enough for fundies. Hopefully the bears aren't driven nuts by the chanting and speaking in tongues.

[geckosfeet]

15. And how long before they stage an invasion?

[Two Sheds]

43. That's what I've always wondered about these silly topics...

if something like that happened, would you want to live along the border? I say no, unless I operated a gay bar/adult video store that performed abortions in the back right on the state line.

[americanstranger]

16. Like my bud Symbolman always says...

Let them all move to one state - then declare war on them. :rofl:

- as

[pennylayne]

19. Alaska!

send them to alaska..then lock the door behind them.

[CTLawGuy]

20. I imagine a giant door

at the southern tip of Alaska that you lock... ha!

[doc03]

21. Just let them have all the "Solid South" states. n/t

[peace frog]

39. Hell no, I'm not leaving Florida

Let 'em have Alaska, we're turning the South a beautiful blue.

[doc03]

44. I wouldn't include Florida in that list every once in

a while people in Florida wake up.

[renie408]

22. NO. Cause sure as shit, it will wind up being South Carolina and I don't want to move. n/t

[treestar]

24. I am all for this!

Duers and other decent people in the states they get will get immediate refuge in the real America!

[stillcool]

25. I vote for a new state of mind

[Erin Elizabeth]

26. NOT TEXAS.

DAMN, what is the major malfunction here? Texas was a solidly Dem state for a LONG-ass time and it's been my family's home since before it was a state. Motherfuckers can't have it. Why would you subject all the NORMAL people in Texas to being the official fundie state? That's sick. We're in the process of taking this great state back. People better recognize.

Edited: crazy ass fundies can have MARS.

[CTLawGuy]

28. well

of course not everyone from texas is bad but electing Bush 4X????????? (2X gov 2X president).

[vanderBeth]

31. Plus we have these sinful cities of Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Austin.

Fundies won't want those.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. NOT Texas. Give 'em Utah. Please.

We're not all jerks in Texas. Please don't stereotype us.

[codjh9]

53. I don't give a crap if they have TX except for the hill country and the mountains of west TX,

and I'm even a native... who lived away in the 90's, came back (not really on purpose - too much to explain) - and will leave again. With exceptions, it's too hot/flat/crowded/polluted/conservative for me.

[ContinentalOp]

27. Shit, I'd let them have it all but CA!

:P

[Vektor]

29. They can have the hot side of the planet Mercury.

They have never cared much to curb global warming, and the climate there ought to bear a close resemblance to the hell where they are all eventually headed, so why wait? They'll love it there!

Pack the spaceships!

Adios, Freeps!

[BleedingHeartRN]

30. Mormonland, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska

Then they can segregate themselves even further. Maybe there should be an entrance exam determining what degree of wingnut they are and they can be divided up that way.

Not South Carolina - too close to where I live.

[renie408]

38. Alaska works. That keeps them away from the rest of us...n/t

[kenny blankenship]

32. OK: Guyana.

See, I can so compromise and be reasonable.

[Blue Belle]

34. Screw 'em... they already have 3...

Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. I want to see a sea of blue on Tuesday.

[blitzen]

35. Just give 'em the Bible Belt

[Quixote1818]

40. Because it would turn into a real American Taliban

and would begin terrorist attacks against the rest of the country in ten or twenty years.

[kenny blankenship]

41. While this seems like a solution which would make everyone happy, even if it's impractical

it can't really make Fundamentalists happy. Not really.
Once long ago I heard someone explain the Fundamentalist insistence on school prayer in a way that really illuminates what moves them:

Fundamentalists typically complain that the state takes their children away from them for several hours a day and teaches them Godless science etc. and their religious freedom is not being respected because this practice interferes with them making sure their kids observe all the rules of their religion and give God his due. So, they say they are within their rights in demanding that the state force kids to pray during school hours at regular intervals. But in truth it's not that the Fundamentalists want the state to force their kids to recite prayers during the day in public school. Their kids are already reciting prayers during the day in public schools and in their parochial schools, and nothing stops them from doing so. They don't need any changes in the law for that. What they really want is for the state to force YOUR kids to recite THEIR prayers in the public schools. Unless they can make the public school teacher or principal lead all the students in prayer, your kids are "getting away" without worshipping their God. That's the goal, forcing others to bow to their God. If people can ignore their God and aren't forced to do obeisance to God in public, then the Fundies squeal about their religion being suppressed. God and God's people are either in total control, or they're "being suppressed".

Separation and local autonomy would never be enough for these people. They don't want their own little preserve to do things their own way in freedom. What they're after is supremacy over the rest of us.

[Swamp Rat]

42. Rapture Island

[Blondiegrrl]

45. Not Texas. Texas has Austin, home to great music. Give 'em Utah. nt

[RTFirefly]

46. Utah works.

But only if we build a border fence around it.

We will also have to require them to disarm all artillery weapons. I don't want them bombarding Las Vegas. I like that city.

[SE7Nth]

47. Not Utah. I love utah, it's so pretty there.

[codjh9]

48. There was actually a move several years ago to make SC the Fundie State...

[MrScorpio]

49. Actually, that plan is in the works

They want to take over South Carolina

[codjh9]

51. There was also a libertarian plan to take over New Hampshire.

[Jed Dilligan]

50. I don't know why we let Utah in the Union to begin with.