Hi El Peatieablo,
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Originally Posted by El Peatieablo
5: Well I technically wasn’t forced to attend because I wasn’t graduating, but my public university had a couple hours of christian whatnot going on during graduation. Luckily the Pastafarian group got that kicked (I think the offer to have our Pastarrr give a service was the last straw). Again, this wasn’t forced on me, but this one was forced on an atheist in the Illinois congress: search youtube for Rep. Monique Davis (I don’t think I’m allowed to post the link in this forum, sorry).
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Atheist cavalry comes galloping in:
YouTube - Today's Worst Person in the World: Rep. Monique Davis
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Originally Posted by El Peatieablo
While you’re at it, do a Google search for “the american taliban.” Those are some pretty big names saying some pretty threatening things about atheists (including a former president seriously proposing religious qualifications for voting rights). I’m sure that this list is woefully incomplete (especially as I don’t have any specific resources to show you regarding government funding of religious institutions) but I think that you can see my point.
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The Secular Coalition for America and the Freedom from Religion foundation monitor religious group putting their mouths in the government money troth (or under the present administration, simply take what is being offered to them on a plate). That includes the billions handed out under the Faith Based Initiative, the main thorn to both groups. And the real annoyance is, that Obama has announced he won't kill it if elected. He has merely mentioned putting in place performance monitoring (right now, some of the religious groups getting money don't have to show they are being effective, the way other groups have to).
Yeah, its a real money grab fest.
greets,
Peter