Moral Absolutes Ping. One last one for the night.
Actually, I'm glad that public screwels are being so upfront about their loyalty to the ACLU, atheism, historical revisionism, hatred towards religion (with the notable exception of Islam - things that make you go Hmmmm...), feminism, and last but not least, "gay"ism.
Today we've seen the Declaration of Independence declared vertboten in a California school, a dudge - I mean judge - decreeing that schoolchildren can have immersion in Islam while not a Bible can be read or prayer pass their lips, and now Thanksgiving is only historical.
Giving thanks to WHOM? And since George Washington declared the first Thanksgiving officially for the newly independent United States of America (can't remember the date, it's been posted here today and Rush read it), the historical relevance and religious significance cannot be separated.
Anyway, it's better to know your enemies. Let them be who they are, personally I'm tired of being Mr. Nice Guy.
Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
The first rule is that there can be no more David Souters or John Paul Stevens appointed to the Supreme Court by Republican presidents. Dumbo Jerry Ford was told NOT to appoint Stevens back in 1976 by conservative senators but he did it anyway, with defiance. As a consequence we have had a reliable ACLU supporter on the highest court for nearly 30 years.
My children attend the St. Mary's County public schools, and I hadn't heard about this from any of them. I'm not sure the context in which this statement was made; maybe it was discussing an elementary school Thanksgiving lunch or something.
Your question about "giving thanks to whom?" is exactly on point. It's like being "blessed" or "gifted." Those blessings and gifts must come from somewhere, but that "somewhere" is not addressed by the atheists.
This is all so ironic, when one considers that St. Mary's county was founded by Catholics seeking religious freedom. Many families in the county date back to the early settlers.
The county is very Republican, went for W in a big way, but the schools are definitely operated by the left.
The public schools certainly aren't doing themselves any favors.
There was a story recently in educationnews.org about a public school in CA that went caput. It is no more. It's boarded up. Gone. Withered and died on the vine.
Parents pulled their kids out for private schools and charters.