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SpartanDem

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12. The real problem these people get a vote

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:45 PM

Mar 2012

you wanna go off the reservation to get away those evils of science? Knock your self out, but these people get to vote like everyone and that is pretty freaking scary, if you ask me.

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Barely Literate? How Christian Fundamentalist Homeschooling Hurts Kids. [View all] LongTomH Mar 2012 OP

But it's OK Turbineguy Mar 2012 #1

Oh, no!!! ELFAs!!! It's the attack of the ELFAs!!! KansDem Mar 2012 #2

Fewer fundamentalist students and parents in the public schools is a good thing, not a bad thing bluestateguy Mar 2012 #3

There is hope for the children who are in the system. murielm99 Mar 2012 #4

Thank you, muriel ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #7

Don't believe for a moment that the fundamentalists are going to leave your kids alone! LongTomH Mar 2012 #5

It is just so sad as well as dangerous drlindaphd Mar 2012 #6

How many homeschoolers do you know? jhasp Mar 2012 #10

I am sorry, my brush strokes were way too broad drlindaphd Mar 2012 #11

Isn't keeping them illiterate the idea? UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #8

This isn't just a with Fundies. Most people are functionally illiterate. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #9

The real problem these people get a vote SpartanDem Mar 2012 #12