WTF? Religious discrimination in the courts - Page 2

Nephythys · 07-22-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Do you have a link? I've heard this from another but he was unable to provide me with proof. I can't figure out if that's true or not. I've searched every way I know how on google, but as you may know, if you use bible and court and gay in the same search, you're gonna be there a while. If it's true, it's just as wrong as what's happening here.

I will look this weekend.

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Well...

Surprise!

Cheers for being grown up enough to admit it

Ghoulish Delight · 07-22-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nephythys

Cheers for being grown up enough to admit it

He ain't the only one. As a matter of fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone here that would say otherwise, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm a little insulted by your implication otherwise. No one here has ever shown any anti-christian sentiment, only anti-christian rule. There's huge difference.

Nephythys · 07-22-2005, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

He ain't the only one. As a matter of fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone here that would say otherwise, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm a little insulted by your implication otherwise. No one here has ever shown any anti-christian sentiment, only anti-christian rule. There's huge difference.

You choose to preceive insult where none exists- and no, I don't doubt that he is the only one, but he admits his bias.

You seem outraged that this is not in the news- and all I pointed out was that I doubted there would be outrage from many here for the flip side- the Christian who was court-ordered to not teach an anti-Gay message. To deny that seems truly disingenuous- sorry, but it does.

I personally do not think any court should dictate morality teaching of any kind- period.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-22-2005, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Nephythys

You seem outraged that this is not in the news- and all I pointed out was that I doubted there would be outrage from many here for the flip side- the Christian who was court-ordered to not teach an anti-Gay message. To deny that seems truly disingenuous- sorry, but it does.

I personally do not think any court should dictate morality teaching of any kind- period.

I agree, and if you can show me a story where that happened, I would direct an equal amount of outrage in that direction.

Prudence · 07-22-2005, 02:42 PM

Here's my random mental wandering for the day:

What if the parent practiced some truly old school Catholicism and insisted that despite what the kid's school was teaching, the earth was actually the center of the universe and did not revolved around the sun. Surely that would breed the same sort of confusion the judge was purportedly trying to avoid? Would it have engendered the same result?

Perhaps Indiana needs a handbook of approved beliefs and practices to hand out to all current and prospective parents?

(Side note: Sometimes I really wish I was in practice already and on a particular case. Oh the fun I could have! Noting the pagan origins of so-called "mainstream" practices. Comparing numbers of Wiccans to numbers of other faiths and denominations and asking for equal treatment. (No Diwali for you, mister! And that goes double for Visakha Bucha!) And that doesn't even touch the constitutional issues! I suspect the reason this didn't get more press is because it's so obviously wrong. There was a follow-up article 2 days later indicating that most thought it would be quickly overturned upon appeal. But wouldn't it be entertaining for a brief moment to demonstrate what that ruling really meant? To try to ellicit a definition of "mainstream"?)

scaeagles · 07-22-2005, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

LOL Are you just trying to start something?

Nobody's suggested that but YOU? ROFL

Are you having a boring Friday afternoon?

Me? Try to provoke a response? You are confusing me with Sac, apparently.

And yes, I'm going nuts with boredom this workday. Preparing documents as support for an DOD audit is mind numbingly dull. I'm done, but I'm waiting to send them off until the end of business so no one calls me to tell me they need them revised.

SacTown Chronic · 07-22-2005, 03:19 PM

Don't flatter yourself, toaster whore. Although, in reality, we're probably more alike than either one of us would like to admit. I like sunshine and butterflies. Do you?

scaeagles · 07-22-2005, 03:30 PM

I hear people in the Clinton administration like sunshine and butterflies.

SacTown Chronic · 07-22-2005, 03:31 PM

And hummers.

scaeagles · 07-22-2005, 03:35 PM

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Don't flatter yourself, toaster whore. Although, in reality, we're probably more alike than either one of us would like to admit.

So, if I'm a toaster whore, are you a corndog whore?

07-22-2005, 02:42 PM	#15
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Here's my random mental wandering for the day: What if the parent practiced some truly old school Catholicism and insisted that despite what the kid's school was teaching, the earth was actually the center of the universe and did not revolved around the sun. Surely that would breed the same sort of confusion the judge was purportedly trying to avoid? Would it have engendered the same result? Perhaps Indiana needs a handbook of approved beliefs and practices to hand out to all current and prospective parents? (Side note: Sometimes I really wish I was in practice already and on a particular case. Oh the fun I could have! Noting the pagan origins of so-called "mainstream" practices. Comparing numbers of Wiccans to numbers of other faiths and denominations and asking for equal treatment. (No Diwali for you, mister! And that goes double for Visakha Bucha!) And that doesn't even touch the constitutional issues! I suspect the reason this didn't get more press is because it's so obviously wrong. There was a follow-up article 2 days later indicating that most thought it would be quickly overturned upon appeal. But wouldn't it be entertaining for a brief moment to demonstrate what that ruling really meant? To try to ellicit a definition of "mainstream"?) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Don't flatter yourself, toaster whore. Although, in reality, we're probably more alike than either one of us would like to admit. I like sunshine and butterflies. Do you? __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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07-22-2005, 03:30 PM	#18
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I hear people in the Clinton administration like sunshine and butterflies.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	And hummers. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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