Religous extremists make threats after religous text to be voted on

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http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityn...-school-board-set-to-vote-on-gideon-bible-ban

Extra security will be on hand when a public school board in the Owen Sound area takes a final vote Tuesday night on whether to ban free handouts of Gideon Bibles.

Based on previous votes, Bluewater District trustees are expected to put an end to the handouts to Grade 5 students by barring distribution of all non-instructional religious materials.

The issue has sparked heated emotions, with some trustees receiving threats and hate mail.

The local chapter of Gideons International in Canada and some church elders have distanced themselves from those who accuse trustees of unCanadian and unChristian behaviour.

The chairwoman of the board expects the meeting to be packed.

At least one delegation is slated to speak against the ban.

Based on a legal opinion and concerns about the cost of allowing distribution of all religious materials, the trustees have so far opted to ban such handouts as several other school boards across Canada have done.

The invective of those opposed to the ban unnerved some trustees of the Bluewater board, which has more than 18,000 students in 53 schools.

Chairwoman Jan Johnstone said Monday that a recent article by The Canadian Press on the torrent of hate mail directed at trustees, some of it racist, prompted a new wave of correspondence.

This time, however, Johnstone said correspondents from across Canada and the United States were by and large "overwhelmingly supportive" of the pending ban.

Johnstone also said she anticipated one trustee would try to amend the motion to bar distribution of religious materials.

"I believe (the amendment) will not pass (and) that the Board will pass the motion as written."

Ban proponents argue distribution of the Bibles has no place in a secular school system, and that it potentially violates human rights legislation.

One writer blamed the decision on "a handful of non-Christian elected officials."

Some parents have said they would take their children out of the public system if the ban sticks.

Johnstone stressed the ban applies only to non-instructional religious materials.

"Multi-faith content in the public elementary and secondary school curriculum for educational purposes will continue," Johnstone said.

"Bibles and other religious texts will continue to be available in our libraries."

Gideons International in Canada said the organization would take a ban with "complete acceptance."
 
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Based on previous votes, Bluewater District trustees are expected to put an end to the handouts to Grade 5 students by barring distribution of all non-instructional religious materials.

those who accuse trustees of unCanadian and unChristian behavior.

Can't indoctrinate the 10 y/o's with your beliefs in a mystical all knowing genocidal homophobic sky daddy??

No problem! Attack the patriotism and national identity of those protecting them....sounds just like M'erica.
 
Canada

Yet another CUNTRY

Hurtling towards

SHARIA LAW

and

The FAGZ will be hung......and NOT in a good way:)
 
Canada

Yet another CUNTRY

Hurtling towards

SHARIA LAW

and

The FAGZ will be hung......and NOT in a good way:)

no, we're a country that is obeying it's laws.. your country should really start brushing up on that piece of paper.. I think it's called the Constitution.. your GOP pals seems awfully confused by it
 
YUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Something about REPOZ and teh so called Constituton:)

I'm still waiting for you to show me about Canada and sharia law


maybe Herman Cain can tell us something about it, since he wont hire any muslims.. you know, despite that kind of discrimination being unconstitutional
 
so you'd be okay if they gave free korans in school as well.. or does it somehow only apply to bibles?

To hell with free Korans. Someone should be handing out free copies of stuff like Aleister Crowley's books and the Satanic Bible. As well as the Kama Sutra and Story of O.
 
maybe Herman Cain can tell us something about it, since he wont hire any muslims.. you know, despite that kind of discrimination being unconstitutional

here is what he said

it is INSANE not to agree


No, I would not. And here’s why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. This is what happened in Europe. And little by little, to try and be politically correct, they made this little change, they made this little change. And now they’ve got a social problem that they don’t know what to do with hardly.

The question that was asked that “raised some questions” and, as my grandfather said, “I does not care, I feel the way I feel.” I was asked, “what is the role of Islam in America?” I thought it was an odd question. I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us.
 
here is what he said

it is INSANE not to agree


No, I would not. And here’s why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. This is what happened in Europe. And little by little, to try and be politically correct, they made this little change, they made this little change. And now they’ve got a social problem that they don’t know what to do with hardly.

The question that was asked that “raised some questions” and, as my grandfather said, “I does not care, I feel the way I feel.” I was asked, “what is the role of Islam in America?” I thought it was an odd question. I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us.

bullshit.. this is what he actually said.. you're posting his revisionism after the fact

"Would you be comfortable appointing a Muslim either in your Cabinet or as a federal judge?" the blogger asked.

"No, I will not," Cain replied. "And here’s why. There is this creeping attempt, there’s this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government."

as for this bit

"The question that was asked that “raised some questions” and, as my grandfather said, “I does not care, I feel the way I feel.” I was asked, “what is the role of Islam in America?” I thought it was an odd question. I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us."


well..turns out that was bullshit too

he actually said


"And based upon the little knowledge that I have of the Muslim religion, you know, they have an objective to convert all infidels or kill them,
" Cain said.

hell, maybe you can get me started on IRA backer Rep. King and his feelings on terrorists


is there any more revisionist bullshit you want to spread..or are you going to address your claims about Canada going to sharia law
 
"And based upon the little knowledge that I have of the Muslim religion, you know, they have an objective to convert all infidels or kill them," Cain said.


Muslims say so themselves

HE IS RIGHT!

The IRA represented NO DANGER TO ANYONE OUTSIDE of ENGLAND AND SOME IN IRELAND, Unlike the MOOSEFUCKS
 
"And based upon the little knowledge that I have of the Muslim religion, you know, they have an objective to convert all infidels or kill them," Cain said.


Muslims say so themselves

HE IS RIGHT!

The IRA represented NO DANGER TO ANYONE OUTSIDE of ENGLAND AND SOME IN IRELAND, Unlike the MOOSEFUCKS



so terrorists are bad... if they're not white?

still waiting on you to address the sharia thing

or are you going to engage in LT chickenshit tactics
 
terrorists are bad

BUT

the IRA and MUSLIM TERRORISTS cant be compared

its comparing teh US Army vs the army of Trinidad

and I did tell you about the Sharia thing

re-read ^^^, figure it out;)
 
terrorists are bad

BUT

the IRA and MUSLIM TERRORISTS cant be compared

its comparing teh US Army vs the army of Trinidad

and I did tell you about the Sharia thing

re-read ^^^, figure it out;)

i never compared the armies.. please show me where I did


and how are the multiple bombings and murders somehow morally better?

and you said this about Sharia in Canada

Canada

Yet another CUNTRY

Hurtling towards

SHARIA LAW

and

The FAGZ will be hung......and NOT in a good way:)

I asked you to prove it.. this is " your " proof

By STOPPING the GIVING of FREE BIBLES

:cool:

somehow you believe handing out religous texts in school is not
a move towards religous law


so, yes.. I'm still waiting
 
Can't indoctrinate the 10 y/o's with your beliefs in a mystical all knowing genocidal homophobic sky daddy??

No problem! Attack the patriotism and national identity of those protecting them....sounds just like M'erica.

That's why they are known as 'extremists' and not the 'majority'.

And indoctrination on both theist and atheist fronts not withstanding, I think I feel better believing there is something out there that gives a crap and wants the best for me as opposed to a human civilization that is currently trying to fit earth's population in one large toilet and flush it because intelligence, rationality and common sense be damned. No offense intended, but I worry about the ones who don't believe in anything at all. They really have nothing to lose.
 
That's why they are known as 'extremists' and not the 'majority'.

Yea I know but unfortunately it's the squeaky wheel that get's the oil amirite?

I mean this shit is right up there with creationist bitching about teaching creationism alongside science in public schools....are you fucking kidding me?

I think I feel better believing there is something out there that gives a crap and wants the best for me

Whatever helps you sleep at night....just as long as you don't try and legislate, solicit or otherwise impose those beliefs on me or my kids I don't care if you dance nekkid in the woods praying to the great juju for 10 hrs a day.

as opposed to a human civilization that is currently trying to fit earth's population in one large toilet and flush it because intelligence, rationality and common sense be damned.

Here is the difference, that civilization you speak of is real and tangible. We can change and have real influence upon it, it is an evolving thing that exist. God is none of those things. Further more intelligence, rationality and common sense are also things religion is not. How many diseases/treatments/technological advancements that make our reality possible has the church/god provided? zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeroooooooooo. Only thing they offer is hope and an collections tray to put money in and the real possibility of another church ruled state starting the dark ages part deux. Setting the human race back another thousand years.

No offense intended, but I worry about the ones who don't believe in anything at all. They really have nothing to lose.

Wrong...we have our lives to lose and because of that one could easily argue we are more apt to live the most fulfilling life we can during this short period of time we have (a known fact) as opposed to the delusional individual who persist in the thought of a Utopian after life chillin with the late JC and his genocidal maniac old man ( a completely unfounded theory with no empirical evidence to support it) intelligence, rationality and common sense be damned..
 
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