“OK kids, today we’re going to go over how the Bible was used to justify slavery in the early colonies, continuing on until the civil war. Then we’re going to cover how that was the reason why the Southern Baptist Church was founded…”
Yep. They want to know how the Bible influenced Western culture. So I assume that they will be covering everything from witch burnings to Father Coughlin supporting Hitler on national radio.
I wouldn’t worry, they’re no longer able to search reddit but the good stuff is old. Reddit has gone to shit, and this is just another step on its way down.
“Other Emergencies” is a euphemism for liberal/non-white protests. The idea of their home town being overrun by “leftist” mob violence occupies both the nightmares and the fever dreams of the kinds of gun owners who would respond to this call-up.
DeSantis reactivated the Florida State Guard on similar grounds of “disaster relief” then started training them like soldiers. Now he has a force of 1500 or so that reports directly to him and cannot be federalized. He even sent a few of them to the Texas border to test the waters.
Expect to see more of these yokels try to muster up armed thugs in the coming months. I fear the worst no matter the outcome of the election.
“The Bible is indispensable in understanding the development of Western civilization and American history. To ensure our students are equipped to understand and contextualize our nation, its culture, and its founding, every student in Oklahoma will be taught the Bible in its historical, cultural, and literary context.”
We learned this in elementary school. We learned that the colonies were, in large part, established as a way to escape religious oppression and persecution by The Church of England. One of the most important points of this country is to be free to practice any religion you wish.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of state-church watchdog group Freedom From Religion Foundation, said the guidelines are unconstitutional.
I’m not so sure. The First Amendment stipulates that Congress shall not establish a religion. States are free to do as they wish. This is an Oklahoma matter and I hope they figure out that this guy and the rest of his oppressive cult are full of bullshit.
Actually, I would support our public education covering Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other non-Abrahamic religions in an honest historical manner. I learned more about the world and human history in my college art classes which were heavily influenced be religious paintings. Human history has been immensely influenced by religion. It shouldn’t be ignored.
There’s a lot of misinformation and a lot of cultists out there lying to everyone for power and glory. American children should be well educated. Our public schools should have higher standards. Our teachers should be paid more and better educated themselves. The conservative push towards private and (publicly subsidized) charter schools is detrimental to the future of our nation as a whole.
These cult leaders are an insult to our ancestors and our founding fathers and mothers. I think most people would agree that being religious isn’t inherently bad. But forcing others to do what you ‘believe’ to be true aligns you more with the Devil than with Jesus.
I'm not so sure. The First Amendment stipulates that Congress shall not establish a religion. States are free to do as they wish. This is an Oklahoma matter and I hope they figure out that this guy and the rest of his oppressive cult are full of bullshit.
The Fourteenth Amendment extends the prohibitions to the States.
A 60-year-old? Running alongside a 59-year-old?? What is this, a fuckin’ crèche? Their mother’s milk is still wet on their faces! How can they compete against a worldly wisdom-haemorrhaging wise man in his 80s like Trump when they’re barely out of their baby diapers, while Trump is already well into his adult diapers phase?
Jesus, go back to your pogo sticks and bubblegum and stickerbooks and let a grown-up have a shot. Sheesh.
They’re going to check and see if amputating the sex organs of women was honorable and brave? I guess to be fair, there weren’t many men around to mutilate.
Laura Curran maybe wasn’t the greatest county exec ever, but at least she never tried to raise a militia to keep people of color from getting “uppity”.
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