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Wed Oct-15-08 11:44 AM
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| 43. More reason to start investigating these churches |
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If they want to spew that shit, they're electioneering and should lose their tax-exempt status. Period.
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| -"Our pastor told us that the Democrats are evil". |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 09:16 AM |
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Yeah, yeah! These are EXACTLY the people |
southpaw |
Oct-15-08 09:19 AM |
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That's it exactly! WILLFUL ignorance. And proudly so, it would seem. |
Blue State Native |
Oct-15-08 09:50 AM |
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Yep! |
southpaw |
Oct-15-08 09:59 AM |
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If the preachers of these "churches" endorse ANY political candidate, |
RoccoR5955 |
Oct-15-08 09:22 AM |
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Or political party for that matter!! |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 11:08 AM |
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Well, if they |
polmaven |
Oct-15-08 12:08 PM |
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I would think |
verges |
Oct-16-08 09:31 AM |
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If I were ever President, the IRS would crack down on these "Tax Free Superstition Halls"... |
BlueJazz |
Oct-15-08 09:24 AM |
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That's true in many churches, and many conservative pastors are very good at |
atommom |
Oct-15-08 09:25 AM |
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Yep. It's thoroughly disgusting and outright dangerous. Snake oil salesmen leading |
GreenPartyVoter |
Oct-15-08 11:31 AM |
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They want to believe this, otherwise they wouldn't |
SpankieJane |
Oct-15-08 09:26 AM |
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Voted & Kicked! |
sellitman |
Oct-15-08 09:27 AM |
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"My wife's family aren't purposely cruel, they're maliciously misguided." So were the Good Germans. |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 09:31 AM |
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I was going to stand up for my wife's family after reading your comment. |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 09:45 AM |
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face it most of the south is complete bullshitin this regard, sorry |
natrat |
Oct-15-08 09:54 AM |
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No, you are WRONG about that. there are MILLIONS of good and decent people in the South. |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 10:16 AM |
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Name removed |
Oct-15-08 11:11 AM |
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Really? Better off without Bill Clinton and Al Gore? Jimmy Carter and Molly Ivins? |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 11:19 AM |
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Look at it historically.. |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 11:38 AM |
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I'm from the south and completely agree with you |
mitchum |
Oct-15-08 11:43 AM |
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Here's what I see when I look at it historically: |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 11:48 AM |
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Had the Confederacy won the war |
Captiosus |
Oct-15-08 12:22 PM |
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Yeah. Yeah. yeah. The usual Staes' Rights Dodge. |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 07:01 PM |
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The "civil war?" The US didn't have to fight it. They could have allowed |
raccoon |
Oct-15-08 12:36 PM |
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Well, without the south |
ChoralScholar |
Oct-15-08 05:23 PM |
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If your intention was to offend, you have succeeded. |
trof |
Oct-15-08 11:21 AM |
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The problems this nation has had because of the South |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 11:34 AM |
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That is as foolish as when a Bushie says "the problems this nation has had because of Liberals |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 11:51 AM |
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Look at history |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 11:58 AM |
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It's obvious you don't know your history. See my post #60. nt |
raccoon |
Oct-15-08 12:38 PM |
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yes I do know that |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 01:53 PM |
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Are you sure you're on the right board? |
derby378 |
Oct-15-08 11:36 AM |
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Yeah and how do you predict your state will go? |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 11:39 AM |
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Give it a bloody rest, already... |
derby378 |
Oct-15-08 11:42 AM |
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Dallas alone can't carry texas |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 11:47 AM |
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Fair enough, but Dallas is sharing its secrets with Democrats statewide |
derby378 |
Oct-15-08 12:47 PM |
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Cool |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-16-08 01:37 PM |
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Ya know, my first impulse was to tell you to fuck off.... |
OwnedByFerrets |
Oct-15-08 12:01 PM |
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Excuse me...before you pop your southern mouth off, |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 02:00 PM |
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Hey, if you stuck it out with Dukakis, you have my vote of support |
Lifelong Protester |
Oct-15-08 04:09 PM |
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Yes in fact in 1988 WA was a toss up |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-15-08 06:04 PM |
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Ok, forget the concilitory tone of my previous post...FU and |
OwnedByFerrets |
Oct-16-08 08:58 AM |
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you're just sore because I smoked you |
norepubsin08 |
Oct-16-08 01:36 PM |
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Its always ALL about YOU isnt it..... |
OwnedByFerrets |
Oct-16-08 04:15 PM |
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Thanks, for acknowledging that not ALL Southerners are idiot fundies! |
southerncrone |
Oct-16-08 12:23 AM |
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It's going to be hard to change things unless we can change the RW media. |
atommom |
Oct-15-08 09:55 AM |
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There's a lot that needs to be done and we'll never change everyone. |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 10:12 AM |
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We don't need to change everyone. That's not what the Founders' Vision was about. |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 10:24 AM |
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I'm a socialist living in Mississippi. I know where that anger comes from. |
Selatius |
Oct-15-08 12:57 PM |
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I was in Alabama over the weekend, too....and perhaps it was the same gathering... |
timeforarevolution |
Oct-15-08 09:51 AM |
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I call them "intellectually lazy". |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 09:59 AM |
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Yes, it's all over. That's why I'm depressed...it's not regional. |
timeforarevolution |
Oct-15-08 10:05 AM |
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I'm in Alabama almost every weekend. I live here. |
trof |
Oct-15-08 11:41 AM |
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I admire you tremendously, trof. I really do..... |
timeforarevolution |
Oct-15-08 12:02 PM |
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WTG neighbor....we have GOT to get together soon. |
OwnedByFerrets |
Oct-15-08 12:02 PM |
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That idiot should be removed |
HughMoran |
Oct-15-08 09:56 AM |
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I wish it was as isolated as a single pastor of a single church. |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 10:04 AM |
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Churches that allow that kind of thing literally deserved to be taxed |
slackmaster |
Oct-15-08 10:07 AM |
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Their preacher is a disingenuous liar. n/t |
ladjf |
Oct-15-08 10:33 AM |
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We all know it, but the incredible irony is that they've got it completely backwards. n/t |
codjh9 |
Oct-15-08 10:36 AM |
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Their pastor could easily be my fundy cousin in Alabama .. |
DemoTex |
Oct-15-08 10:39 AM |
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There's a good paying job waiting for him in the Halliburton Homeland Security camps. |
tom_paine |
Oct-15-08 11:08 AM |
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Too fundie for the far right PCA??? |
dgibby |
Oct-15-08 11:37 AM |
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A conservative at work keeps telling me that stem cell research is still going strong |
LittleClarkie |
Oct-15-08 11:13 AM |
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PArt of the problem with ESC research is that every time a breakthrough |
Ilsa |
Oct-15-08 11:56 AM |
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I work for a stem cell lab... |
newtothegame |
Oct-15-08 02:38 PM |
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So be it. |
Captiosus |
Oct-15-08 11:25 AM |
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Even if? |
gorfle |
Oct-15-08 12:09 PM |
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I kinda forgot the critical word "reproductive" in there, didn't I? |
Captiosus |
Oct-15-08 12:23 PM |
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At long last, have they no decency? |
dbaker41 |
Oct-15-08 11:28 AM |
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It's amazing what passes for religion these days. n/t |
rucky |
Oct-15-08 11:40 AM |
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More reason to start investigating these churches |
IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge |
Oct-15-08 11:44 AM |
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Your pastor also hates Jesus, then. |
Gregorian |
Oct-15-08 11:46 AM |
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I'm afraid you misread my post. |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 01:04 PM |
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you know that the churches do have a legal right to advocate |
hfojvt |
Oct-15-08 11:49 AM |
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My friend Tom has the same problem... |
jeepnstein |
Oct-15-08 12:07 PM |
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This is fascinating |
treestar |
Oct-17-08 06:02 PM |
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Ive lived in Alabama all 25 years of my life. |
bamacrat |
Oct-15-08 12:08 PM |
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I am always amazed that the same group of people who think the Ten Commandments |
Love Bug |
Oct-15-08 01:43 PM |
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Does anyone know.. |
newtothegame |
Oct-15-08 02:36 PM |
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I believe they're allowed to advocate for positions but not candidates or parties. |
last1standing |
Oct-15-08 05:44 PM |
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Damn.... |
sasori |
Oct-15-08 04:47 PM |
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How Christian of him. n/t |
Lugnut |
Oct-15-08 07:38 PM |
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Tax these churches |
vssmith |
Oct-15-08 10:16 PM |
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Tax the churches. How unfair to allow these institutions to hold millions of dollars in R estate |
truedelphi |
Oct-15-08 11:21 PM |
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Have a Southern Friend Who Just Left Her Church |
glinda |
Oct-15-08 11:44 PM |
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When I was in the midst of trying to find elder care services for the indigent |
truedelphi |
Oct-17-08 05:33 PM |
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I wonder if it will be the demise of organized religion in the U.S. |
kaygore |
Oct-16-08 12:49 AM |
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Unfortunately, we've already seen the answer to that. |
last1standing |
Oct-16-08 10:57 AM |
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