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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:09 PM Original message |
Church adopts a public school. Pastor says by befriending students they can now convert the parents. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. That;s some fucked up vile assed theocratic bullshit right there. n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. +1,000,000 |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. The more money the church gives to the school the more |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I feel most sorry for the religious minorities in that school zone |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Scientologists, Mormons, Catholics... |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. The Muslims won't stand for it. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. christian strategy, first kill the schools then take them over for the lard nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, Onward Christian Soldiers! These people are F'en freaks! n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. they want to tear down all of our government services... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yes, and we are not fighting them now as a party. Link... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. funny how modern Baptists reject everything the Baptist church was founded for. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yeah, but that was when some OTHER church |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Usually, nothing a church does is without strings attached |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Most church's are money mints. |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. The Baptists |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. One would question the intent here |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Agree on motive...but they do make it quite clear. |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is standard practice for the evangelical/born again/fundies, etc... |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And if they don't get enough converts as a result of their efforts |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Now why should we all fully support public education again? Oh, yeah, this kind of shit. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is disgusting on so many levels! |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why don't the Baptists go adopt some Catholic school that |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. They'll change their tune when some Satanic church, |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Or a Muslim mosque, or a Buddist temple, or a Unitarian church... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Two points: 1) Don't schools require anyone including volunteers to be fingerprinted and checked? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Yes, that county does require fingerprinting of all teachers. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. 13 of 30 families visited were converted according to article. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Does this not violate the first amendment? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. IMO yes. It doesn't seem to bother anyone though. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. Gee thanks for the unrecs to take it off greatest...even if just barely. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. that is messed up. & catholic charters getting state money, too. great. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. As long as churches pay no taxes and public schools get budget cuts |
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hapkidogal (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. I'm with you. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. McSchool...Sikes Elementary in Lakeland. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Arne appointed the Education Faith-based director...we're expanding Bush initiatives. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
27. That would never fly here in MA. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It shouldn't fly here either. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. No, it shouldn't |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. Here are a couple of problems I see: |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Standard missionary practice. Come bearing gifts with strings attached. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. K&R n/t |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. so, SA, which has one of the worst human rights records, with their religious |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. posted to wrong poster, i think. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's fucked up. |
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hapkidogal (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. Call me old fashioned but |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. The Rise of American Madrasses |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. The comparison is apt |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Based upon the violence of the tea parties, |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. This is a big step in the wrong direction, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. There has been a lot of it going on here in smaller ways as well. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Volunteering for the wrong reasons. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Patriarchy, Organized Patriarchal Religion, Capitalism = Unholy Trinity of destruction ... !! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. these religious fanatics have earned people's hatred |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. OK fucking fine.. They want the church/state line removed? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's the 21st century for crying out loud and religion is still seeking more converts? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. K & R n/t |
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Tutankhamun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
50. This is a neocon wet dream. Dismantle public education, thereby creating an ignorant uneducated |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. self-delete |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
53. If you don't mind Exxon in your school, |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Unions and corporations can hardly be lumped into the same category. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Missed the point. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. The easist way to end this is simple. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
55. My kids would be out of that school within an hour. |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
62. And the American Taliban gets just a little bit stronger... (nt) |
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