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onager

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14. Interesting coincidence...
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:43 AM
Mar 2015

As mentioned before, I recently made a transcontinental move from California to South Carolina. Upstate SC, which is generally redder than a baboon's ass and more holy-crazy than Jerusalem.

Picked up the local small-town newspaper this morning. The editors want more letters from the public, and here's what they had to say in their banner, center-page editorial:

Just because we might not agree with you doesn't mean we don't want to hear from you...

If you think prayer in public meetings is a blatant violation of separation of church and state, we want to hear from you. If you think public officials are spending your tax dollars foolishly, we want to hear from you. And if you think Obamacare has been a good thing for healthcare in America...yes, we even want to hear from you...


Of course, they could be just making up a list of local non-believers...

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This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Mar 2015 #1
Bump! Keep us posted. onager Mar 2015 #2
Someone in the district or the FFRF should (and probably have) mountain grammy Mar 2015 #3
that contact has been made RussBLib Mar 2015 #4
These people are going to exhaust every last avenue of indoctrination for children, at least twice AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #5
He doesn't want to provide "negative quotes to use". Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #6
FFRF usually wins. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #7
Superintendant Michael Gilbert is bringing a knife to a gunfight. deucemagnet Mar 2015 #8
there was a bit more in his blog post RussBLib Mar 2015 #10
Oh, it's going to have a winner all right... AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #12
First Amendment Rights AlbertCat Mar 2015 #9
Prey, indeed. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #11
Yes, keep us updated. progressoid Mar 2015 #13
Interesting coincidence... onager Mar 2015 #14
Wish I could say I am surprised LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #15
And nativity scenes on the courthouse lawn, they got no problem with. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #16
Victory? Could be! RussBLib Mar 2015 #17
a coda to this saga? RussBLib Mar 2015 #18
Dear Superintendent Gilbert DetlefK Mar 2015 #19
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