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A Polk County teacher is suing the state for requiring her to be fingerprinted for a background check, saying it violates her religious freedom. ... Pam McLaurin believes the book of Revelation literally and that getting a fingerprint would bear her the mark of the beast and she would be "be tormented in burning sulfur."

Pam McLaurin, KTRE.com 59 Comments [11/16/2009 12:26:14 PM]
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#1057897
michael1384

Well at least it's an original excuse.

11/16/2009 12:33:08 PM
#1057909
jz465

Not being fingerprinted for a teaching job violates my right to not have pedophiles and other criminals in a classroom with my kids.

and my first submitted comment to make it up here..YAY ME. LOL

11/16/2009 12:38:32 PM
#1057910
Cagoguy

OK fine, but you can't be a teacher. You could also have a religious belief that teaching children is against your religion, but we wouldn't let you be a teacher then either.

11/16/2009 12:38:42 PM
#1057923
Funkopolis

If the bible was literal, wouldn't Revelation warn of "The Fingerprint Pad of The Beast"?

11/16/2009 12:44:35 PM
#1057924
tracer

"... getting a fingerprint would bear her the mark of the beast"


Because getting a little wash-away ink on the tip of your finger is TOTALLY the same thing as getting an indelible identifying mark etched on your hand.

*Sigh* ... I wish the Fundies would actually read the Bible they so love to thump.

11/16/2009 12:45:05 PM
#1057926
Serph-no-Okami

Would it surprise him that he technically already HAS fingerprints? And that they are already on anything he touched?

11/16/2009 12:45:37 PM
#1057934
AuraTwilight

Tough shit. If you want to engage in society, you gotta play by the rules.

11/16/2009 12:49:48 PM
#1057957
enna

WTF yeah like we want this bitch near children. Christ on a cracker.

11/16/2009 12:58:59 PM
#1057960
aaa

State inevitably wins, Pam gets fucked over and everybody just moves on.

11/16/2009 1:00:28 PM
#1057986
heather

Well I hope the Polk county education department change their minds about employing this woman.

11/16/2009 1:20:08 PM
#1057994
That Guy

I'm sorry Pam, but in the real world we have things called laws. In order to work in our society, you need to follow these laws. You don't get special treatment just because you think your religion makes you better than everyone else.

11/16/2009 1:24:10 PM
#1058018


She's a teacher and yet she can't distinguish leaving her own mark on a piece of paper from having someone else's mark placed on her?

11/16/2009 1:43:55 PM
#1058052


Good I don't want this wackjob teacing children anyway.

11/16/2009 1:58:06 PM
#1058060
MK

Suing the state? I can pretty much guarantee any judge, state or federal, will toss this out on its ass like it deserves.

11/16/2009 1:59:58 PM
#1058083
Mister Spak

It's like waving a cross at a vampire . . .

11/16/2009 2:07:58 PM
#1058139
Mrs. Antichrist

By "tormented in burning sulfur" she means "arrested and charged". Pedophile? Former bank robber? Murderer? Or is she telling the truth (thus making here a complete moron)? Place your bets now.

In any case, I'm glad that she's not going to be teaching kids any time soon.

Also, I don't think this idiot realizes that freedom of religion =/= everyone else must conform to your religious ideals. Sorry, but a child's right to be safe from crooks and pedophiles trumps your religious rights any day of the week.

Edit: If I ever get arrested for something, I'm going to claim that being fingerprinted is against my religion.

11/16/2009 2:30:37 PM
#1058144
neanderthal

Pam McLaurin believes the book of Revelation literally and that getting a fingerprint would bear her the mark of the beast and she would be "be tormented in burning sulfur."

Sometimes I think such piety is a huge neurosis and f..g belongs into DSM-IV.

11/16/2009 2:32:04 PM
#1058154
GodotIsWaiting4U

Then you don't get the job. Sorry.

11/16/2009 2:35:12 PM
#1058193
Turtle

I'd like to come after her with a pen and see if she runs away screaming about the mark of the beast.

If she doesn't, I think it's time to check up on any criminal records.
If she does, she's crazy.

11/16/2009 2:48:38 PM
#1058257
BobsOldSocks

Why is anyone with such an obvious mental illness allowed anywhere near children? Sack her immediately.

11/16/2009 3:29:52 PM
#1058301
CailinBan

This is beyond ridiculous. Surely the Polk County education board has better things to spend money on (like children's education, as a wild guess) than defending such a stupid, stupid, STUPID law suit.

11/16/2009 4:14:49 PM
#1058312
Old Viking

The mark of the beast is fingerprint ink? They're just not making beasts the way they used to.

11/16/2009 4:25:42 PM
#1058321
Semi-Christian

Interestingly the verse specifies "to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead"
So so long as you aren't male, or you get the mark on your left hand, it's all good. Maybe we should just stamp a bar-code into this person's left hand instead of finger printing them. That's a reasonable alternative...right?

11/16/2009 4:35:29 PM
#1058367
Headache

Throw the bitch in jail and let her sit there and rot with her insane fantasy.

11/16/2009 5:14:33 PM
#1058391
Pule Thamex

Doesn't she seem too much like an ignorant primitive to be a teacher?

11/16/2009 5:37:20 PM
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