Gubernatorial Race 2018 (White: living, legal, safety)

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by seussie

How voters responded to Georgia long list of ballot questions - WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports

The above link also has questions from the GOP survey.

Should the fact that each individual right enumerated in the Bill of Rights in our Constitution has a matching verse in then Old Testament and the New Testament be taught in our schools? (this is where the term God Given Rights originates)

I've read the verses supposedly support this theory, and the connection is tenuous at best.

For instance, for the second amendment: Luke 11:21 says “When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace.” Somehow, that means that we should all have the right to carry semi-automatic rifles into toy stores and playgrounds. Okay.

But yeah...reading those questions...they weren't loaded at all. Nope. Not a bit!

[ronricks]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

I'm pretty sure Canada, most countries in Europe, and even Australia provide just about every opportunity America does, but they also provide their citizens many, many benefits that America does not. Well, except to be paid ludicrous sums of money for heading a corporation.



Third-world people trying to escape to here doesn't put us up on a pedestal....it just means we're better than a third-world country. How many people are fleeing from any of the areas I mentioned above?

Try going to Canada (who won’t even let you in if you have something as simple as a minor traffic citation on your record) most countries in Europe or Australia and demanding a drivers license, free education for your kids, free healthcare, and money to buy food and pay rent. It won’t happen. Better yet cross the border into Mexico and demand a job, a drivers license, free healthcare, free schooling for your kids and a place to stay. You will be physically assaulted, arrested, thrown in jail, and then sent back across the border. It is nearly impossible to emigrate to any place in Europe because they won’t let you in unless you have a specialized profession that they are in need of because they look after their own citizens first and let them have the open jobs. People aren’t fleeing from those countries because they actually look after the interests of their natural born citizens. You don’t have a clue what you are talking about. You can’t just show up over there and be handed identification and a job. There is a process you must follow. What a novel concept.

[Beretta]

Back to Georgia .....

[Pemgin]

Originally Posted by jhtrico1850

https://politics.myajc.com/news/stat...XAR9pQfQJVYcI/

Republicans are unnerved because Democratic participation shot up in last week’s primary. For the first time in decades, Democrats came close to matching GOP ballots cast in the primary. And they outnumbered GOP voters in Cobb and Gwinnett counties, longtime bastions of conservative support.

Yep. I'm tired of the wishy-washy play for swing voters. That strategy has repeatedly failed and Abrams is proving that a more progressive candidate has a path forward in Georgia in 2018. I think people are ready for candidates like her.

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by Forhall

Notice how the Republican questions lead to a certain response? Since X happened, shouldn't be ban X? All of the GOP questions are loaded to get a certain response, why am I not surprised lol

Also, that many want religion taught in public schools? Why don't they just go ahead and plan a coup so we can become Gideon as I'm sure they would desire.

What these people don’t get is that students are already taught about religion in Georgia schools. What they want is religious doctrine to be taught and only their religion. As much as conservatives scream about 2nd Amendment rights, they don’t seem to care about 1st Amendment rights of those who have opposite beliefs from them.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by demonta4

What these people don’t get is that students are already taught about religion in Georgia schools. What they want is religious doctrine to be taught and only their religion. As much as conservatives scream about 2nd Amendment rights, they don’t seem to care about 1st Amendment rights of those who have opposite beliefs from them.

yeah they don't seem to grasp the idea that not every community is majority christian. as soon as you allow religion to be taught in schools, you're going to have some schools teaching islam. and then there'll be a giant fox news alert about "islam being taught in schools" and then they'll get all up in arms and never admit that it was their fault for trying to push their religious agenda into public schools.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

yeah they don't seem to grasp the idea that not every community is majority christian. as soon as you allow religion to be taught in schools, you're going to have some schools teaching islam. and then there'll be a giant fox news alert about "islam being taught in schools" and then they'll get all up in arms and never admit that it was their fault for trying to push their religious agenda into public schools.

Good point, bryant. Are there any majority Muslim school districts in the ATL at this time, or any that will be in the foreseeable future?

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Good point, bryant. Are there any majority Muslim school districts in the ATL at this time, or any that will be in the foreseeable future?

South Fulton has a pretty large Muslim community, especially in College Park, the salutatorian of my graduating class was Muslim.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by demonta4

South Fulton has a pretty large Muslim community, especially in College Park...

What would you estimate their population is as a percentage of South Fulton?

[atltechdude]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Abrams is proving that a more progressive candidate has a path forward in Georgia in 2018.

No she isn't. She hasn't proven anything of the sort.