Posts by Urban
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ever heard of a greenhouse?
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link:Students Free to Thank Anybody, Except God
That "G" word is just to scary for some I guess.
EDIT: btw.. Abraham Lincoln mentions God in the Proclamation for Thanksgiving a few times so we cant show that in school either?
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YAHOOOOOOOOOO!
been using it since like 98... no reason to change now
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no snow in minnesota...
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have we gone to far?.. now im not a religious man, but im not gonna run away from history cause has God in it...
QuoteDisplay Morelink:Declaration of Independence Banned at Calif SchoolWed Nov 24, 2004 04:12 PM ET
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God -- including the Declaration of Independence.
Steven Williams, a fifth-grade teacher at Stevens Creek School in the San Francisco Bay area suburb of Cupertino, sued for discrimination on Monday, claiming he had been singled out for censorship by principal Patricia Vidmar because he is a Christian.
"It's a fact of American history that our founders were religious men, and to hide this fact from young fifth-graders in the name of political correctness is outrageous and shameful," said Williams' attorney, Terry Thompson.
"Williams wants to teach his students the true history of our country," he said. "There is nothing in the Establishment Clause (of the U.S. Constitution) that prohibits a teacher from showing students the Declaration of Independence."
Vidmar could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in San Jose and claims violations of Williams rights to free speech under the First Amendment.
Phyllis Vogel, assistant superintendent for Cupertino Unified School District, said the lawsuit had been forwarded to a staff attorney. She declined to comment further.
Williams asserts in the lawsuit that since May he has been required to submit all of his lesson plans and supplemental handouts to Vidmar for approval, and that the principal will not permit him to use any that contain references to God or Christianity.
Among the materials she has rejected, according to Williams, are excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, George Washington's journal, John Adams' diary, Samuel Adams' "The Rights of the Colonists" and William Penn's "The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania."
"He hands out a lot of material and perhaps 5 to 10 percent refers to God and Christianity because that's what the founders wrote," said Thompson, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, which advocates for religious freedom. "The principal seems to be systematically censoring material that refers to Christianity and it is pure discrimination."
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a California atheist who wanted the words "under God" struck from the Pledge of Allegiance as recited by school children. The appeals court in California had found that the phrase amounted to a violation of church and state separation.
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101% pure sex
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looks nice.. id like to see it skinned
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id like to visit vegas, but only if i had a ton of money.. being poor in vegas = lame
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if you could promise i wouldnt have to see any french people... id have to say normandy france... just cause of the history.
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i think you might reconize it from my sig
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Quote from Bic-B@ll
gg pro troop rally attacking troops
i didnt see any attacking of the troops... but.. however i did see alot of disrespect from people standing infront of the LAV... like its their choice the troops are in iraq or something
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Military's Presence at Antiwar Rally Is Called a CoincidenceLOS ANGELES
TANKS MILITARY
PARADES
LOS ANGELES PARADES TANKS MILITARY PARADES
By Wendy Thermos, Times Staff Writer
Photos and a video posted on the Internet this week depicting tanks at an antiwar demonstration in front of the Federal Building in Westwood provoked hundreds of outraged postings.
But police and witnesses said the armored vehicles were on their way to a Veterans Day event at the nearby Veterans Affairs grounds on Wilshire Boulevard, stopping only for a red light near the Federal Building.
"It's a whole lot of nothing," said Officer Kathy Simpson, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman. "The 'tanks' were there for Veterans Day. They ride in the parade and wave."
The antiwar protest, sponsored by the group Act Now to Stop War & End Racism, was held Tuesday evening near the VA grounds, where a parade and exhibit were staged Wednesday.
Blurred photos posted on the Internet showed military personnel in battle gear standing at their hatches, behind gun turrets mounted on two tank-like vehicles rolling through traffic. Closer inspection showed the vehicles were not tanks but light-armored vehicles, which are smaller than tanks and ride on rubber tires instead of treads.
Several websites denounced the vehicles' presence and accused the military of trying to intimidate peaceful protesters. "There was absolutely no excuse to deploy tanks against a law-abiding crowd," said one site.
A statement posted Wednesday by Answer said, "It is an outrage to see tanks rolling through the streets of Los Angeles."
By Thursday, however, a representative fielding phone calls for the nonprofit group was considerably calmer. "I can't speak for everybody, but I think people are overreacting a little bit," said Darrin Downey, who saw the vehicles driving by. "It didn't seem hostile. I believe they were just going around the corner."
The demonstration was already over, he added.
It's not clear which branch of the military the vehicles belonged to. A Camp Pendleton spokesman said he believed his base sent one or two armored vehicles to the exhibit and parade, which celebrated Veterans Day and the Marine Corps' 229th birthday Wednesday. "I can guarantee you we didn't send them over there to scare a bunch of protesters," Sgt. Mark Ledesma said.
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dice owns me
doesnt seem like the higher-ups at ea are very nice to their employees, so if this is true.. how do they keep people on the job?.. seems like alot of people wouldnt take this crap.. or maybe they just love the idea of making games so they take the good with the bad... weird...
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lololol.. what a cry baby...
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i dont consider myself far-right(as most of these people are), im not a religious person, i got nothing against assisted suicide.. i do however find abortions (excluding rape and incest) wrong... i have nothing really against prayer in school (but i understand that some may find it offenseive, i do not)... im not an informed in any sense on the prescription dugs stuff.. so its hard to make a call.. well..i dont know what else to say but... mmmm hot lesbians eh?.. ill think about that issue for a while
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