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the_ignored
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 Posted - 07/10/2005 : 11:18:02
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Just before Father's Day, Gov. Jeb Bush announced that he wanted every public school in Florida to host a Christian-based program designed to increase fathers' participation in their children's lives.
The program, All Pro Dad, combines a biblical foundation with the draw of popular professional athletes to promote the belief that "the father is the head of the household" and that men should rely on God to help them be better parents and keep their marriages intact. It also encourages Bible reading.
More details can be found here.
Telling, isn't it? So much for church-state...
Interesting quote here, bold emphasis is mine:
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A video introduction by Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, All Pro Dad's national spokesman, lays the groundwork for good parenting by establishing the father as the "head coach" of the family.
"That's the biblical way it's set up. Mom and Dad directing the family together, with the dad being the head of the household," Dungy instructs participants. "Now that doesn't always happen... but that's the ideal way and the best way, and that's the way we're going to function the best."
But the group's president last week did not directly answer several questions about the Bible's role in the All Pro Dad resources.
"Isn't that self-evident?" Merrill said. "A lot of the principles contained in the Old and New Testaments really are superior principles for raising children and for living."
Just poke around on the site that they reference there.
Here's a test that they have you take; at least they're more subtle here.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
 Posted - 07/10/2005 : 14:23:27 [Permalink]
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Yet another Bush family pro-fundamentalist-politcal power grab. These people have no interest or concept of democracy. Bible based family? And if a member of a household is deemed to be somehow in the occult, can Dad stone them? Because:
"You shall not allow a sorceress to live." Exodus 22:18 
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Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2005 : 17:34:26 [Permalink]
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Man, I took that test and drove the ball 78 yards. Of course, we no longer have children in the house. So, I guess I may not be a real All Pro Dad.
Seriously, this group sounds an awful lot like Bill McCartney's Promise Keepers. McCartney coached at Colorado. Obviously, these guys are jocks for Jesus, and they're trying to indoctrinate our kids whether we like it or not. I reckon they feel that they need to get to our kids before they learn how to think rationally, and to be suspicious of authority figures fishing for submission to their hierarchy of the supernatural.
Now Jeb, He's worse than his brother, but only because he's smarter. Just imagine how bad off we'd be if the Chimp had a near human IQ. Man, I shudder to think...
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"We got an issue in America. Too many good docs are gettin' out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their -- their love with women all across this country." Dubya in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 9/6/2004
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trishran
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 07/11/2005 : 17:56:58 [Permalink]
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| As Sandra Day O'Connor said, "Why should we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?" |
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