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Children are smarter than Republicans
South Dakota’s Republican Governor Kristi Noem recently signed into law Senate Bill 55, a bill that requires all public schools to display “In God We Trust” signs in a prominent place beginning next school year.
But the bill itself is fairly vague beyond those rules… and last night, during a meeting of the Rapid City School Board, members of the Working to Initiate Social Equality Club (WISE) at Stevens High School presented the board with a version of the sign they wanted to see in their school.
Instead of just saying “In God We Trust,” it includes a lot of other words, too…
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All those words seem as silly. Schools should educate without religious influence.
TimeOutForMe
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June 16, 2019
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You can't teach history without teaching something about religion. I'd like to think that the good students would learn something about the dangers of blind faith in priests and gods.
Can't help noticing this is another Republican woman governor. I'm not sure why a certain sort of liberal seems to think that "woman politician" automatically equals "good". Gender doesn't matter as much as party and philosophy.
Paul4747
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May 19, 2019
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The fact that a majority of white women voted for Trump in 2016 is mind-boggling!
@misstuffy My former boss did... because "Hillary is such a lying bitch!" And pointing out that Trump lies 5 times more frequently, as verified by independent sources, just made her drop the "lying" part and revert to "she's such a bitch!"
I read it as, "I will vote for a man who has no moral standards whatsoever, but I won't vote for a woman who is just like me, for some reason." Because she wouldn't trust herself to run the country?
I donate a small amount to FFRF (Freedom From Religion Foundation) every month to help them fight this crap that evangelicals keep pushing.
WayneMan
Level 5
May 18, 2019
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Member here also..
How about putting:
“The in god we trust law is counter to separation of church and state”
indirect76
Level 7
May 17, 2019
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I like the open area (or whole
) in the center - brilliant.
silverotter11
Level 9
May 17, 2019
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Another useless law we don't need to begin with. This has been a trend in the last few years. This madness has to stop (Passing bills like this, that is)
IamNobody
Level 8
May 16, 2019
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Project Blitz! Christianize America!
@Freespirit64 I doubt you understood my comment but that's ok
From their point of view this is correct they don't see it any other way.
this is probably unconstitutional giving the climate of the day. it's probably unavoidable.
hopefully an atheist group or the ACLU we'll take it on in court but they'll end up looking like the bad guys.
I have a post that speaks to this point it's called why intelligent people believe in God.
m16566
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May 16, 2019
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