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Just as an aside on the Coach/prayer ruling. I grew up with a fairly mainline religious background (Presbyterian with a slice of the Church of the Brethren) where I was basically taught that effective prayers are done in private. Anything else is just for show. I'm old enough to remember the ritual of the Pledge and Lord's Prayer every morning in school. When I was older I came to realize that reciting the same thing over and over cheapened it. We were spouting words that really had no meaning other than delaying the learning process after a while. I feel the same way now. Pray to what ever version of the Supreme Being you want, but make it personal. A bit more research on this guy shows that his prayers started this way, but then grew to the point that they made school officials feel uneasy. He could have just as easily moved from the 50 yard line to say under the bleachers or said a prayer inside the locker room if the players wanted to join. Instead he made an issue out of it and IMO invalidated any reason he had for prayer. Just as an aside I'm friends with a former associate who is an elected county official. A few years ago she raised issue with her governing board that meetings began with prayer. All clergy they bought in at the time were from a Christian denomination. It raised some hackles among long time board members. Fortunately she had enough support to bring in representatives from other religions.

And that was the issue. It wasn't the act of praying per say, but he was pressuring others to join him in the act. If a Muslim coach would have done something similar, what do you think would happen.

I wonder if the "privilege" can also be applied to say Muslims, and say wiccan's?

If you look at the whole body of work around the 1972 re-election campaign and CREEP not to mention numerous campaign law violations to receive corporate favor. (See ITT)). Also look at some foreign coverups during and after the campaign..in 1968 concerning the Vietnam negotiations.. Nixon came fairly close to Trump's sins in the Mueller investigation.

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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Everything Trump touches.....

Uvalde, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Oxford parents would like a word or three.

The look on his face tells the whole story. He approves to the message

That was the fear in 1968 with Wallace running as a third party. He would pull enough votes to send the election to the house. Or try to work out a deal with one of the parties to throw his votes to a candidate willing to work out a deal.

And we've got to keep at it at the grass roots level. A lot of the obnoxious weeds in our state and national level began as council members, supervisors, school board members (if elected), etc. Got to actually go out and vote at these levels as well.

Since we all know that pro life conservatives next move is to codify the Supreme Court ruling and make abortion and female contraceptives illegal nationwide. I have one question for pro lifers. What ate you planning to do for all the unwanted and severely handicapped children in the future? Are you willing to pay the price monetarily and otherwise to help impoverished families or those who will desperately need support otherwise? Are you eady to put your "money" where your so called "Christian Morals" are? https://www.thebulwark.com/so-youve-ended-roe-how-are-you-going-to-support-women-and-babies/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email First, the Dobbs ruling raises new moral questions relating to big-ticket issues like the Child Tax Credit. A number of options have been floated that seek to balance the needs of children and families with potential disincentives for work. This issue must be resolved in a way that provides women who might previously have sought abortions with reliable support to raise their children. Second, we must broaden and expand existing programs serving women and children, like the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant program, in some key ways. More money will be needed, but we will also need to spend it differently—for instance, by introducing a voucher-based program that provides women facing unexpected pregnancies with flexible resources that can be spent at institutions of their choosing—including religious groups—that provide pregnancy and family services in the context of social support. Third, we need to beef up programs that help couples establish and maintain healthy marriages and ones that help men become better, more engaged fathers. Fundamentally, abortion is often the product of broken relationships or ones that never formed to begin with. In a legal environment that doesn’t allow couples to avoid parenting by procuring an abortion, we should be helping them learn how to work together for the sake of their children. This is not an exhaustive list of ideas for creating a more welcoming and truly pro-life future. Other ideas—like expanding access to home visits by nurses for maternal education, strengthening and improving adoption, reforming foster care, expanding substance use disorder treatment for pregnant women, and many more—should be on the table as well. None of this will be easy or cheap. But these are the kinds of concrete actions we must begin to take if we are going to be able to live with ourselves in the post-Roe world and begin the challenging work of creating a true culture of life.

Just wondering if QGOP will also ban Viagra and vasectomies along with female birth control. What's good for the goose..... If they don't they're frauds.

Today’s TQOP …clinging to their hind, bibles and false gods

Still are if you’re rich and have connections

Interesting that Thomas doesn’t want to touch Loving

I see Arch has been vaping those funny cigarettes again...

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