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#362347
Carnivore_Rabbit
Coming soon, American Theocracy, the rack and iron maiden following shortly.
12/15/2007 2:12:29 PM
#362370
Lithp
It actually would be good to teach kids Christianity.
The key difference between me & King Fundie here?
I say kids should learn about the other religions and atheism (though there's not much there...) as well. Most wars are fought over inability to contemplate and accept the differences in others, afterall.
And I hope you enjoyed that, 'cause I'm going right back to being an asshole now. ^_^
12/15/2007 2:26:41 PM
#362374
Bryan65
Republicans are passing all the batshit laws they can before they get thrown out.
12/15/2007 2:28:38 PM
#362384
Strangelove84
To be fair, I believe it was also voted to recognize Hindu and Islamic beliefs.
12/15/2007 2:38:32 PM
#362414
KaylaKaze
Full text of the resolution http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr110-847
12/15/2007 2:59:19 PM
#362441
t3h_fuhr3r
"he believes “we’re a Christian nation founded on Christian principles.”"
Finally, my turn!
TREATY OF TRIPOLI, BITCH!
And Mr. King, Colmes owned you.
12/15/2007 3:38:20 PM
#362469
werewolf
Steve King is a Congressman? Unbelievable!
12/15/2007 3:54:26 PM
#362546
Osiris
Fuck on! Our country cannot use its public school system to indoctrinate its students into a specific religion because that damn Bill of Rights. What Steve King is introducing is unconstitutional.
12/15/2007 4:49:47 PM
#362631
szena
Didn't King take an oath to uphold the Constitution?
12/15/2007 5:46:15 PM
#362658
David B.
"KING: I think they should learn it. If you’re going to learn American history, you cannot teach it without teaching Christianity."
But apparently it's okay to skip the Treaty of Tripoli.
It'd be a bit difficult to teach American history without covering slavery, that doesn't mean you have to endorse it for fuck's sake!
12/15/2007 6:20:42 PM
#362676
Ponder
I agree that we should be taught the history of Christianity. Christian nation or not (and we're most definitely not) it is a major contributor to past events. However, as Colmes has so eloquently put it, it's another thing entirely to teach the damn tenets. Besides which, if going through a theistic history class, you might as well go all the way, and learn about all of the religions.
That being said, Senator King: You are a disgrace to your office, and a failure of an American citizen. Please kindly read the constitution, study history and law, and never, ever, vote on any bit of legislature again until you have every word of the constitution memorized.
12/15/2007 6:49:18 PM
#362788
Razark
I have no problems with the tenets of Christianity being taught in schools. I think that it would be a great way to expose children to it.
Of course, it would need to be taught alongside the tenets of Islam, the tenets of the Jewish faith, the tenets of Wicca, the tenets of atheism, the tenets of Neo-Paganism, the tenets of Druidism, the tenets of each and every Christian demonination (yes, that _does_ include Catholics and Mormons), and the tenets of every other damn religion out there.
Every student should be exposed to these beliefs and how they have helped to shape the world in which we live.
Oh? That's _not_ what you meant?
I guess it would be a lot easier to drop the whole idea and keep religion out of the classrooms.
(Now, as an elective, if you can find a Professor to present material in a n unbiased manner, it might be worth it.)
12/15/2007 9:07:00 PM
#362803
The Watcher
I heard that whole segment of Alan's show. Alan totally schooled that King guy on both the substance of the Treaty of Tripoli and how treaties apply to American law.
Alan knows more about law and the Constitution than Rep. King.
12/15/2007 9:29:54 PM
#362902
Ben
OWNED! Colmes is still a tool of the right wing though.
12/15/2007 11:55:37 PM
#362927
Jon
I should point out that despite what he says here, Colmes is almost a Democtratic apologist, really. The milquetoast makes a good point, though.
12/16/2007 12:43:22 AM
#363201
Legislation for Christmas?, what's next?, legislation recognising the importance of brushing your teeth?
12/16/2007 11:16:47 PM
#363926
Todd Pence
He should go back to writing horror novels and stay out of politics.
12/17/2007 8:33:18 PM
#363988
NonProphet
It PASSED?
Hell no. I read the damned thing. It contains blatant history revision, religious endorsement in the face of the 1st Amendment and Treaty of Tripoli, and is worded to show favouritism toward Christians.
I hope it gets rescinded as the unconstitutional crap it is.
12/17/2007 9:19:44 PM
#364974
opsman
Coming soon it's... "Aboloshing the 1st amendment", right here on CSPAN-2!
12/19/2007 12:11:39 AM
#1321454
This is a true fundie horror story, I must say.
8/12/2011 10:27:19 AM
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