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Old 09-23-2011, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Oops. I just saw there is a similar thread. Oh well.

Anyway, this event illustrates how freedom of religion and secularized government cannot co-exist.
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Old 09-23-2011, 11:45 AM
 
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Anyway, this event illustrates how freedom of religion and secularized government cannot co-exist.
It's not a public school and has nothing to do with the government. What part of that is not clear?

Please post in the thread already going.
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Old 09-23-2011, 11:47 AM
 
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nep321, please don't slander the South. This sort of thing is endemic to many areas, unfortunately.
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Old 09-23-2011, 11:52 AM
 
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It's not a public school and has nothing to do with the government. What part of that is not clear?

Please post in the thread already going.
My thread is better because the title is more to the point and provides a LINK.

Anyway, you are correct that the Connecticut law does not prohibit a religious school from expelling a student for being gay. But like I said, religion, practiced 100% to the word, cannot co-exist with government. If that were the case, then it would be legal to have slaves, treat women as property and kill homosexuals. Therefore, the provisions and teachings of the Bible cannot be practiced in full. Because, over time, we as a society have determined that those teachings of the Bible are utter nonsense. It's called the moral zeitgeist.

That's one thing I love about CT. To most people, religion is not important.
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Old 09-23-2011, 11:53 AM
 
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nep321, please don't slander the South. This sort of thing is endemic to many areas, unfortunately.
Oh I know, but it seems to happen a lot more in the southern states. Don't get me wrong....I love the South for what it is.
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Old 09-23-2011, 12:59 PM
 
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My thread is better because the title is more to the point and provides a LINK.


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Anyway, you are correct that the Connecticut law does not prohibit a religious school from expelling a student for being gay. But like I said, religion, practiced 100% to the word, cannot co-exist with government. If that were the case, then it would be legal to have slaves, treat women as property and kill homosexuals. Therefore, the provisions and teachings of the Bible cannot be practiced in full. Because, over time, we as a society have determined that those teachings of the Bible are utter nonsense. It's called the moral zeitgeist.
You're completely wrong here, but really, it doesn't matter.

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That's one thing I love about CT. To most people, religion is not important.
About two million, three hundred eighty thousand people in CT disagree with you.

I'm out of this thread because it's a duplicate and you can't seem to comprehend something as basic as that. Ciao.

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Old 09-23-2011, 01:07 PM
 
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Default but they like to slander the south

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nep321, please don't slander the South. This sort of thing is endemic to many areas, unfortunately.
In these posts Craig. Nope, I don't see much difference here than in the south.. Freedom of religion is a big thing though, down south.
It's a bit surprising, but maybe she did something outrageous that the article didn't mention, and that's why she was asked to leave, hard to say!
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Old 09-23-2011, 01:23 PM
 
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You're completely wrong here, but really, it doesn't matter.


About two million, three hundred eighty thousand people in CT disagree with you.

I'm out of this thread because it's a duplicate and you can't seem to comprehend something as basic as that. Ciao.
I'm completely wrong? Prove to me that I'm wrong. Also, only 40% of CT residents regularly attend church. That's only about 1.5 million people. You're not just wrong. You're dead wrong. I will also mention that CT is the most religious state in New England, however. The other five states have even less than a 40% church attendance rate.

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Old 09-23-2011, 01:25 PM
 
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That's one thing I love about CT. To most people, religion is not important.
It's important to me and many other CT residents. Perhaps you don't know CT as well as you think you do.
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Old 09-23-2011, 01:27 PM
 
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It's important to me and many other CT residents. Perhaps you don't know CT as well as you think you do.
In general, religion is not important to the average New Englander. That doesn't mean they don't believe in God or other mythological beings, however.
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