Comments on: ABE LINCOLN would think of the children! http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Ken Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:44:06 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2437 Lindsay is right. But Lindsay is unlikely to be listened to, given the public opinion of atheists, regrettably. Lindsay is right. But Lindsay is unlikely to be listened to, given the public opinion of atheists, regrettably.

]]> By: Rosalea http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Rosalea Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:29:14 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2435 Yes....a big topic on my atheist moms group...I guess Ronald A. Lindsay, director of the Council for Secular Humanism's First Amendment Task Force, is calling for Davis to resign. "In informing Sherman that he had `no right' to be there merely because he was an atheist, Davis confirmed that she is not willing to be a representative of all her constituents, regardless of their religious beliefs," said Lindsay. "She is unfit to serve in her office, just as a representative who told a Jew or a Hindu to `get out of that seat' would be unfit to serve. If she does not resign, the Illinois House has an obligation to expel her," continued Lindsay. Yes….a big topic on my atheist moms group…I guess Ronald A. Lindsay, director of the Council for Secular Humanism's First Amendment Task Force, is calling for Davis to resign.

"In informing Sherman that he had `no right' to be there merely because he was an atheist, Davis confirmed that she is not willing to be a representative of all her constituents, regardless of
their religious beliefs," said Lindsay.

"She is unfit to serve in her office, just as a representative who told a Jew or a Hindu to `get out of that seat' would be unfit to serve. If she does not resign, the Illinois House has an obligation to expel
her," continued Lindsay.

]]> By: Amanda Wonders http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2327 Amanda Wonders Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:07:17 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2327 Our greatest enemy at the moment is ignorance and inhumanity. Assemblywoman Monique Davis's insulting tirade is a perfect example of both. Amanda Wonders Our greatest enemy at the moment is ignorance and inhumanity. Assemblywoman Monique Davis's insulting tirade is a perfect example of both.

Amanda Wonders

]]> By: tpartier http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2326 tpartier Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:15:13 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2326 From the man considered Father of the Democratic Party: "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." --Thomas Jefferson: Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545 "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes." --Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 1813. ME 14:21 "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." --Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119 "The proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right." --Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. ME 2:301, Papers 2:546 "The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error." --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1788. ME 7:98 ---------- Finally, we can't possibly want our children to grow up like Edison, or Tim-Berners Lee (originator of the web), or Watkins of DNA Fame, or Kurt Vonnegut, or Einstein, or the indentors of the transistor - no - those teacherous atheists have totally destroyed the quality of life. From the man considered Father of the Democratic Party:

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." –Thomas Jefferson: Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545

"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes." –Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 1813. ME 14:21

"In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." –Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119

"The proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right." –Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. ME 2:301, Papers 2:546

"The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error." –Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1788. ME 7:98

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Finally, we can't possibly want our children to grow up like Edison, or Tim-Berners Lee (originator of the web), or Watkins of DNA Fame, or Kurt Vonnegut, or Einstein, or the indentors of the transistor – no – those teacherous atheists have totally destroyed the quality of life.

]]> By: RobF http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 RobF Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:15:33 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2314 Appalling. I'm a little confused though. Isn't Lincoln a god? There is actually a huge pagan temple built to him downtown here. True story. Appalling. I'm a little confused though. Isn't Lincoln a god? There is actually a huge pagan temple built to him downtown here. True story.

]]> By: plw http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 plw Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:54:40 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2276 "Where do they find these people?" On the ballot, unfortunately. "Where do they find these people?"

On the ballot, unfortunately.

]]> By: Kelric http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2275 Kelric Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:28:46 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2275 "Where do they find these people?" Illinois. "Where do they find these people?"

Illinois.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/07/abe-lincoln-would-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Patrick Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:27:24 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=681#comment-2270 Fortunately one idiot does not an establishment make. She's a colossal idiot though. Fortunately one idiot does not an establishment make.

She's a colossal idiot though.

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