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AlbertCat

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21. RI Attorney General Adds His Support To Keep Memorial Intact

Thu May 3, 2012, 04:05 PM

May 2012

Cheesus....

You'd think they'd get this motivated about something really important.... like decent schools, or childcare for the poor, or meals on wheels.....

But try to get rid of one of hundreds of thousands of crosses on every other street corner and....

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Hundreds rally to defend war memorial [View all] rug May 2012 OP

Someone should remind General Centraccio that violating the Constitution isn't patriotic. laconicsax May 2012 #1

The general probably doesn't think that injecting God and Christianity darkstar3 May 2012 #5

I have a question for you. cbayer May 2012 #10

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. laconicsax May 2012 #11

No, I am asking why a cross is necessarily considered a religious symbol. cbayer May 2012 #12

Ah, that makes sense. laconicsax May 2012 #13

Now let's be honest. cbayer May 2012 #14

Are you seriously trying to call me out over a 6-month-old post in the Atheists & Agostics group? laconicsax May 2012 #15

No. I asked you a question about how you could make a distinction cbayer May 2012 #16

I answered your question. laconicsax May 2012 #17

I bet most of these folk never knew about the Woonsocket memorial until struggle4progress May 2012 #2

Other than family descendants, you are doubtless correct. rug May 2012 #3

Please get your facts correct. longship May 2012 #6

The "folk from Wisconsin" were helping out a citizen of that town. Goblinmonger May 2012 #7

the "cross" it a great symbol for endless war and slaughter. seems appropriate nt msongs May 2012 #4

RI Attorney General Adds His Support To Keep Memorial Intact struggle4progress May 2012 #8

Wrongness upon wrongness. eqfan592 May 2012 #9

RI Attorney General Adds His Support To Keep Memorial Intact AlbertCat May 2012 #21

Well 90 years ago, no one thought the Constitution was in any danger LARED May 2012 #18

Christian privilage is on full display here in this post. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #19

Thanks goodness after 90 years someone is putting those LARED May 2012 #29

Do you deny that Christians enjoy a privileged status in this country? laconicsax May 2012 #32

No, not at all. Woonsocket is a great place to start crushing LARED May 2012 #33

So violation of the Constitution is alright, so long as the majority is for it? nt Act_of_Reparation May 2012 #52

What violation of the Constitution are you talking about? LARED May 2012 #53

Statistics put atheists at a higher percentage than Jewish in our country. Goblinmonger May 2012 #58

No my point is we should listen ot our courts. nt LARED May 2012 #87

You mean the courts that have more often than not ruled that crosses in public ground such as this.. eqfan592 May 2012 #88

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion," Act_of_Reparation May 2012 #89

This may not be a violation. cbayer May 2012 #68

Here's the FFRF's take on it. eqfan592 May 2012 #69

Thanks. Legalese makes me all blurry eyed, so I don't really understand the cbayer May 2012 #71

To be totally fair Goblinmonger May 2012 #72

The local group does call itself the Ocean State Atheists. eqfan592 May 2012 #73

I just saw that post. Goblinmonger May 2012 #75

Are there significant policy differences between the atheist organizations and cbayer May 2012 #74

First off, I just saw the statement from the local atheist org Goblinmonger May 2012 #76

What does it mean to put human concerns/morals above divine ones? cbayer May 2012 #82

Yeah, and in the 50s Goblinmonger May 2012 #20

Yeah, and in the 50s AlbertCat May 2012 #22

OK. Things change. I get that. Goblinmonger May 2012 #23

Not sure how that applies to the 1st Amendment issue. AlbertCat May 2012 #24

OK. Reading it in context as a response to LARED and not me Goblinmonger May 2012 #26

I think albert`s post was directed at lared..... opiate69 May 2012 #25

Yeah, that makes it make more sense to me. Goblinmonger May 2012 #27

It is pretty awesome. LARED May 2012 #30

And yet more christian privilage. Truly astounding. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #31

Seriously? LARED May 2012 #34

few people care about the atheists concern AlbertCat May 2012 #35

Big +1! (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #39

I think that your problem is, mr blur May 2012 #36

Nonsense. LARED May 2012 #37

You feel sorry for the folks of Woonsocket? eqfan592 May 2012 #38

I think they value both nt LARED May 2012 #41

Well one has a place in the public square and one doesn't. You can guess which one is which. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #42

For 90 years there was no problem with both being in the public square LARED May 2012 #45

If only that were an actually valid argument. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #47

I am certain you understand the difference between making an observation and making an argument. LARED May 2012 #48

Indeed I do. I'm glad to see you do as well. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #50

Big harm comes from the propagation of the lie that this is a "Christian nation." trotsky May 2012 #56

What bothers me far more than the actual god crap on our money or in the pledge... trotsky May 2012 #40

The facts are the facts LARED May 2012 #43

"The US has been viewed as a Christian nation by it own people for a long long time." trotsky May 2012 #44

How does that work? LARED May 2012 #54

So you believe the United States is a Christian nation, huh? trotsky May 2012 #55

Again the facts are the facts LARED May 2012 #85

What exactly is a "Christian value"? trotsky May 2012 #90

Yes, to a substantial number of people skepticscott May 2012 #91

"cultural supremacists"? Where do you get this stuff from? Don't quit your day job. LARED May 2012 #93

The Founders were a mixed group, they were not all Christians. trotsky May 2012 #95

True, but the reality is that LARED May 2012 #97

Deism isn't remotely Christianity. If anything, it's far closer to a wholesale rejection of it. darkstar3 May 2012 #105

That's nonsense again LARED May 2012 #106

Uh huh... darkstar3 May 2012 #107

Yep I forgot to check for typos before posting. Got me. Also please stop putting words in my LARED May 2012 #108

Nonsense. trotsky May 2012 #109

Again with your nonsense about what I have stated. Have you no shame? None? LARED May 2012 #111

Replace "no where" with "everywhere" and you've got a true statement. trotsky May 2012 #112

Tell you what, show where I have spouted Christian Supremacy and I'll LARED May 2012 #113

Well I suppose I could collect a link to every post you've made in these last few threads... trotsky May 2012 #114

So you don't care that your country's founders, mr blur May 2012 #57

Wow a quote. And I completely agree with him LARED May 2012 #86

A nation of mostly christians does not a christian nation make. cleanhippie May 2012 #92

Why not? nt LARED May 2012 #94

It's been explained to you several times in this thread alone. cleanhippie May 2012 #96

So the US is a white nation? n/t Goblinmonger May 2012 #98

I was not aware that one's pigmentation LARED May 2012 #100

No, but you are saying that we are a Christian nation because most people are Christian. Goblinmonger May 2012 #102

At least your desire for a theocracy Goblinmonger May 2012 #59

Cool, another guy making up his own definitions for words. I think I'll try, that it must make LARED May 2012 #99

How did I make anything up. Goblinmonger May 2012 #101

Look up Theocrat in Websters first. You obviously are using a different definition. LARED May 2012 #103

I can't get past the bullshit of what you are saying, frankly. Goblinmonger May 2012 #104

Try this LARED May 2012 #110

Seriously? sakabatou May 2012 #84

Uh, how is this an attack on the Constitution? progressoid May 2012 #28

It was more like the constitution was ignored... rexcat May 2012 #46

So it took us something 200 years to figure out what the Constitution really means LARED May 2012 #49

Something being "ignored" and something having it's meaning figured out are two different things. eqfan592 May 2012 #51

The problem is they don't have the ability to understand the difference between Leontius May 2012 #78

Yeah, you've sure got us figured out, Leontius. eqfan592 May 2012 #80

I really did not expect you to understand my post... rexcat May 2012 #83

... FFRF's President tells Eyewitness News that the city's battle is premature. "We have not sent struggle4progress May 2012 #60

Oh Noes. FFRF used the word "hysterical" Goblinmonger May 2012 #62

R.I., not national, American Legion will pay to repair Woonsocket cross war memorial struggle4progress May 2012 #61

That doesn't make it any better. Goblinmonger May 2012 #63

The blowhards are certainly swarming struggle4progress May 2012 #64

A person living there filed a complaint and asked for the FFRF's help. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #65

Pesky facts. Always getting in the way Goblinmonger May 2012 #67

Stop with the misinformation. FFRF "chimed in" because a resident OF THAT TOWN asked them to. Goblinmonger May 2012 #66

I'm kinda wonderin if this mysterious and anonymous person, who so suddenly struggle4progress May 2012 #70

Who said the person "suddenly discovered" the memorial to be offensive? eqfan592 May 2012 #77

The dates testify to the suddenness. The monument was originally dedicated 90+ years ago, and it was struggle4progress May 2012 #79

That doesn't really address my point. eqfan592 May 2012 #81

More Woonsocket history struggle4progress May 2012 #115