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Before I forget...

Happy 86th Birthday to George Takei. Ohhhh, my!

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While I'm more than glad to hear that the AHA won this one, I must say I really do wish these shenanigans had been stopped sooner. The damage has already been done to so many children, and I rather doubt most of them are going to get any help with it.

Christians complain entirely too often about the alleged persecution they have to live with, but never acknowledge all the privileges they get to enjoy. This is an abuse that was allowed to exist and continue specifically because the religion involved was Christianity, as Hemant has already pointed out; any other faith would have been shut down before anything could start. Seems to me that half the problem with Christians these days stems from either an inability to be honest with themselves, or a desperate need to control everyone else and force outsiders to behave like 'proper Christians'.

Allowing Christians that kind of authority over children isn't even on the table, I'm straight up unwilling to see it without complaint. Children are vulnerable to all kinds of stuff adults do, and preaching in the classroom is taking advantage of kids specifically because they're susceptible. No. This is never acceptable under any circumstances. Take your precious bibles back to you church and stay out of the public educational system for good, Christians; the article shows that kids will lie to you just to make you go away so you're not 'winning people for Christ' anyway. Save some gas and some pollution, and stay away.

P.S.:I believe there are passages in the Christian bible about the conversion of the extremely young, but I'm not looking it up right now.

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