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newsok.com — Sally Kern and her fellow Oklahoma legislators are set on turning public schools into churches just like the founding fathers would have wanted! Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City: "America is a Christian nation."
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- lisaawesome, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I feel really stupid for leaving the s off of schools. Feel free to mock my proofreading abilities.
- lesmalan, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Any link to the bill itself? All this article says is that the bill will allow a student to "pontificate" to another student if he/she disagrees. What does that mean in this context? Students will be allowed to "express one's opinion in a way considered annoyingly pompous"? This article really doesn't explain what this bill actually changes with regards to the presence of religion in schools. I understand that saying "America is a Christian nation" is pretty dumb, but that doesn't explain the resistance to the legislation.
- lisaawesome, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Took me a minute because the religious portion is actually an amendment to what was originally a bill regarding testing standards but here is the full text:
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/ ... - lisaawesome, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1The above amendment is a resurrection of HB 2211 which was ultimately defeated. They are trying to get this crap passed by tacking it onto a legitimate testing bill now.
- lisaawesome, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Took me a minute because the religious portion is actually an amendment to what was originally a bill regarding testing standards but here is the full text:
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