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Joe King's avatar

Given the track record of clergy with unsupervised access to minors, this bill is a bad idea, even if the chaplains were qualified psychology counselors.

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Gillie's avatar

It’s one stop shopping for the religious pedophiles.

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Matri's avatar

It’s a pedophile buffet/feast.

But then again, completely on-brand for this religion and organization.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

With the government stamp of approval. So victims won’t just be able to sue their church, but also their school district.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

I just don't get the need for the legislation. Shouldn't all knowing, all seeing, all powerful Jeebus be able to waltz into the schools and tell the kiddies how and why he needs to be worshipped ? What purpose do these chaplains serve?

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Matri's avatar

Their omniscient god doesn’t know anything without their prayers.

Their omnipresent god can’t go anywhere without them to shove it down our throats.

Their omnipotent god can’t do anything without them to takeover government and force laws on us.

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Edwin Mantle's avatar

Anyone from an organization that has Abuse and Molestation Liability Coverage should not send a single person to a school with children of any age. I don’t care if they’re “qualified psychology counselors.”

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Maltnothops's avatar

That’s an objective bright line! Who could possibly disagree?

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oraxx's avatar

If students want to meet with the clergy they have ample opportunity to do so without putting chaplains in the public schools paid for by everyone's tax dollars. It isn't as if this country suffers from a lack of churches. The people behind this measure would likely go out of their tiny little minds at the mere suggestion anyone but their own faith would be allowed to become chaplains. The overwhelming majority of the clergy are not trained counselors. This is a solution in search of a problem.

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RegularJoe's avatar

The problem is "not enough Jesus¹ in school". Next will be allowing ministers to be teachers...after all, they teach a thing called Sunday School, 's right there in the name.

(¹ Must be the right flavor² of Jesus.)

(² Blond, blue eyed, right-wing³.)

(³ None of that woke 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 and 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔⁴ nonsense.)

(⁴ Hanging with Prostitutes is still cool, just keep it on the down-low. 😉)

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

They don’t want prostitutes, they want teenagers they call prostitutes. See the MN legislator who was just arrested for soliciting a teenage girl the night after proposing his bill on Trump Derangement Syndrome. … and all the fucking GOP politicians everywhere (it seems like it anyway, there’s plenty of them to look at)

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Sko Hayes's avatar

And there's a TikTok going around of an audio of a preacher telling men to go for the young ones, because "they don't know any better".

I'm sure he meant that in the biblical sense, or something...

https://www.tiktok.com/@amandawillgo/video/7467285366148451627?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7408916045749274143

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andrea's avatar

Well, that was fucking gross.🤮

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Straw's avatar

Thanks for the warning. I won't watch it.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

Sorry. :)

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Maltnothops's avatar

And the Christians can “train them up”.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

²Male.

⁴ Females, prostitutes or not, they will carry the blame anyway.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

I'm going to need a heirarchy chart at this rate.

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Len Koz's avatar

Hanging out with prostitutes is okay with white male Republicans, so long as the prostitutes are also male. And the Republicans' wives don't find out.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

Especially at Republican get togethers like CPAC. They say that Tinder lights up with people looking for gay hookups.

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ericc's avatar

Ah, but the children who *don't* want to meet with chaplains must be forced to. So the school will first cut the budget for accredited social workers, remove them, and replace them with volunteer Christian priests so that the *only* person a kid can talk to is a Christian priest.

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Straw's avatar

I would not be surprised if that happened. What became of the land of the free?

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ericc's avatar

It's already happening. Hemant's OP is an example of it happening.

Another example is when the school goes from In-school secular electives -> you can also bus over to the church, but it's voluntary! -> teacher's can't teach anything critical while kids are doing the church elective, so no learning or education if you don't bus over to the church!

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

J'ai rien compris 🤔

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Kay-El's avatar

If there isn’t a church on every corner, the Christian’s “suffer”. 🙄

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andrea's avatar

So much persecution😏

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

It’s a problem in search of a bigger problem.

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larry parker's avatar

How about an amendment that says counselors must be from groups/affiliations that have NOT raped children.

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Boreal's avatar

That would make the baby jesus cry.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Unconstitutional as all get out.

Once again, kkkonservative kkkhristians reveal their contempt for law of the land and the key founders intent for our secular government. The same contempt for the rule of law held by the current regime in DC.

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Don Hawkins's avatar

Tax ALL Churches

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Jacqueline Aaron Cain's avatar

TODAY AND EVERMORE.

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Whitney's avatar

Should tax 'em extra for all the trouble they cause people, seems like.

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Jacqueline Aaron Cain's avatar

Do you mean because they have caused more wars than Satan?

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

More wars, more deaths, more confusion, more general conflict between individuals and groups, and more religious confusion (40,000 Protestant denominations, anyone?), more self-loathing among those who are undeservedly called out by the bible as "disordered" or "sinful."

And that's just off the top of my head!

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Joe King's avatar

Ms Rogers:

Constitution 101: Separation of Church and State is a Constitutional 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 embodied by the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, working together. Even if (and that's a very big if) that was not the case, promoting religion by completly denying the Free Exercise rights of students and potential chaplains who have no belief in any supernatural power 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 violates the First Amendment.

I don't think you are stupid. I think you are lying in order to move closer to an authoritarian far-right white Christian theocracy.

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wreck's avatar

"I don't think you are stupid. I think you are lying"

Why not both?

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Why assume ignorance when malice is obvious.

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Joe King's avatar

Indoctrination is one hell of a drug.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

She's not that smart, but she'll do ANYTHING to get attention.

But something I was reminded of to point out to anyone who says "ITS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION", you can say "NEITHER IS 'FREEDOM OF RELIGION', YOU DOLT"

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Straw's avatar

Of course he is. I can see that from here. It is not hard to spot.

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Whitney's avatar

She's 70 years old and convinced she's right, she's not about to let a little thing like 'reality' get in her way now. She's also convinced Trump won in 2020. At a guess, she thinks 'facts' must meet her standards, because she's not about to change her opinion.

People like this annoy me no end.

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Boreal's avatar

ANY CIVILIZATION

WHERE THE MAIN

SYMBOL OF

RELIGIOUS

VENERATION IS A

TOOL OF EXECUTION

IS A BAD PLACE TO

HAVE CHILDREN.

-Charles Stross

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Woof! Most excellent quote! [cut - paste!] Thanks!

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David Hawksworth's avatar

Folks really need to think before voting for some clown who thinks a mythical character can do a better job than a trained psychologist. Delusional.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Arizona ranks 44th in Education. We can see why.

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cdbunch's avatar

Counseling troubled teenagers (volatile by nature, and just as likely to do the opposite of what they are told as not) needs extensive training (which is why there are psychologists that *specialize* in helping teens).

As far as needing Jesus for emotional or chemical issues, his track record has more failures than successes.

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Bagat's avatar

A kid come in complaining about being harrassed over being Gay. The passtor then says jesus hates him. So the kid gets hatred from kids and adults. How far away is the dreadful news that the poor kid killed his/herself?

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cdbunch's avatar

Which is why I donate to:

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ - https://chat.trvr.org/ - 1-866-488-7386 - sms:678678

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Bagat's avatar

WHEN wiloll they end up firebombed by a god-fearing kkkrister ending perversion in kids?

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

That’s not fair. Just the other day, Jesus cured that guy in Arkansas of his addiction. Or maybe it was Alabama. Or possibly Texas. But it was definitely that guy.

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wreck's avatar

Well, a fatal overdose is 𝘰𝘯𝘦 kind of a cure.

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

You’ll never use drugs again when you do that.

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Bagat's avatar

He substituted jesus for his drugs. Now he is just another strip mall hellfire and brimstone hate-filled preacher. Never saw this phenomenon in any 12 step group.

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ericc's avatar

*Jesus* seems to have done just fine with the 12 people he counseled.

His followers living 2000 years later, on the other hand...

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Boreal's avatar

Herr Plugs.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Big Smile! Big Smile! BIG SMILE!

Edit: I put this up before even clicking on Len's link! GMTA, eh?

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ericc's avatar

I don't think Buddhists and Shintoists technically worship supernatural entities, so they'd be shut out too.

If it passes, lawsuit coming for sure.

The AZ caveat reminds me of the 'provided' caveat in Article 36 of the original Maryland Constitution - "nor shall any person, otherwise competent, be deemed incompetent as a witness, or juror, on account of his religious belief; provided, he believes in the existence of God, and that under His dispensation such person will be held morally accountable for his acts, and be rewarded or punished therefor either in this world or in the world to come."

As an aside, we should probably start using the phrases "this establishes religion" or "this prohibits the free exercise of religion" when arguing in front of state/local fundie conservatives, because those words and phrases literally do appear in the 1a.

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Maltnothops's avatar

“ As an aside, we should probably start using the phrases "this establishes religion" or "this prohibits the free exercise of religion" when arguing in front of state/local fundie conservatives, because those words and phrases literally do appear in the 1a.”

I want to emphasize this most excellent suggestion. A lot of these folk also think the bible is literally true and can’t think beyond that. So, yes, let’s use the literal phrases from the 1A.

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Boreal's avatar

Where is 'jesus" when christian/republican perverts are raping children?

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠, “𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢.” 𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑑.

-- Tracie Harris

This quote says it all. Rather have correction in the here and now, such judgment is supposed to happen in an inaccessible place at some undefined time ... MAYBE. Harris calls this concept on its bullshit and does so brilliantly.

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Boreal's avatar

Saving that one.

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Crowscage's avatar

in the corner wanking off.

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cag's avatar

OT. After many agonizing hours I have finally cracked the most important question of our lifetime, what's the difference between Trump and Yogurt - Yogurt is cultured.

As to Canadian oil, Trump fails to realize that it is logistics, it is financially advantageous to sell those 4.5 million barrels of oil to offshore customers at a higher price and buy from Canada at a lower price. This is not a trade imbalance, it is smart business, something Trump wouldn't understand.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

At his level of stupidity and incompetence one can wonder if he ever learned to lace his shoes.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

At his level of weight, poor physical condition, junk food diet and lack of exercise, one can wonder if he can even reach his feet to put his socks and shoes on.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

He’s marveling at Barron being able to turn off and on his laptop. He’s not long for this world. The sooner the better.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Dude doesn't know how a laptop works, yet he has access to the nuclear codes. JFC, we are sooo fucked.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

One can also wonder why the hell he hasn't suffered a heart attack or stroke.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I certainly do, I bet that is why he will not release his medical records, multiple strokes would be my guess.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Trump decries science and modern medicine yet it's the doctors who are keeping him alive.

This bloated billionaire, who slashes healthcare for those who need it, receives the best medical care possible. For FREE! To coin a Trumpism: "So unfair."

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Sad.

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larry parker's avatar

He's got people for that.

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wreck's avatar

Worst. Job. Ever. Except for whoever has to change his diaper.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

He puts lifts in his slip-ons.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

His shoes have Velcro straps.

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Holytape's avatar

I, for one, think it could be very education to have youth pastors in school. For example, in AP physics, they could use one of these youth pastors to illustrate Schrödinger's predator paradox. How can a high school youth pastor be both in school and at least 500 yards from any school, library or playground at the same time?

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larry parker's avatar

Educational, not education. Did a youth pastor teach you that?

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Holytape's avatar

I got my very education in Alabama. me learned good words.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Those poor, persecuted Christians. Will they EVER get justice? :S

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