Posted on 10/03/2010 9:25:06 PM PDT by pissant
Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is on a crusade, and it is one that goes well beyond a Republican takeover of Congress come November. Sen. DeMint wants to make sure that gays and unwed pregnant women do not teach in public schools. The crux of DeMint's argument is that there can be no separation of moral issues from economic issues, and to the extent that some in the Republican party try and separate the two they do so at the party's peril.
For those who have paid attention to DeMint's moral posturing in the past, these latest statements really come as no surprise. DeMint has made similar proclamations, like the time in 2004 when he endorsed his state party's platform that said openly gay teachers should be barred from teaching in public school. For DeMint, the issue boils down to a government endorsement of "immorality."
Senator DeMint is free to hold onto antiquated and bigoted beliefs in his personal life, but it is quite another thing for a U.S. Senator to openly advocate those positions as party platforms. What is also very disturbing about these latest ramblings is the fact that the Senator insists on wrapping them in constitutional protections found in the First Amendment. It's not enough to call Sen. DeMint's understanding of the First Amendment exercise and establishment clauses misguided. It's simply wrong and a sitting U.S. Senator should, by virtue of his employment, have a fundamental understanding of the law.
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Is the author’s last name really Piehole?
Even Ronald Reagan wasn’t right 100% of the time, and he admitted it.
DeMint said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn’t be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who’s sleeping with her boyfriend — she shouldn’t be in the classroom.
Incidentally, there are drunks who are good teachers and a few drug users. There are atheists, whose souls I pray for, but who are better at the front of the classroom than some Believers.
He brought it up again. Reiterated his support. You busy trying to stamp out competitors again tonight?
Call for the EXTRACTION of illegal aliens and we got us a winner!
Cause sista piehole ain’t very good at copying other’s work, I guess.
He has. Multiple times.
Teachers are supposed to be role models for kids to emulate. I can see why it is not a good idea to have homos or single mothers in those positions. I would not want my kids to think it is a good idea to be either one.
That’s because this article is a lie.
See my post above.
He made the remarks on MTP in October of 2004.
“Will we also screen out those who live together with boyfriend/girlfriend ..”
In Costa Rica they get fired from their jobs of ANY KIND for that. Just an interesting fyi, I thought, and good to know if anybody has to go to Costa Rica for their healthcare when Obamacare is fully implemented.
I can't believe it either.
>> Before anyone goes nuts,
Or nuttier :)
>> Is the author’s last name really Piehole?
ROFLMAO. Didn’t notice.
“Follow Sen. DeMint on Twitter.”
As a matter of fact, I DO, and I don’t follow that many people.
Read "this" article.
“HIS REMARKS ARE from OCTOBER, 2004 on MEET THE PRESS with TIM RUSSERT! “
The left really digs deep for those “gotcha”-attempt stories.
“Is the author’s last name really Piehole?”
I believe it is of San Francisco origin.
First name is Jeesica, middle name Shutya.
Of COURSE the libs think it’s a smear. They think ANYTHING LEFT OF KARL MARX is a smear.
You think it’s a smear????
I’t a damn feather in his cap, as you can tell be the reactions here.
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