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marmar

(77,052 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 06:09 PM Sep 2013

Dana Perino, idiot for life


Freedom of belief doesn't appear to be important to Fox News host Dana Perino, who suggested that if atheists don't like having "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, well, "they don't have to live here."

Massachusetts' highest court is currently hearing a case against the Pledge brought by atheist parents, who feel that due to its religious wording, atheist children "are denied meaningful participation in this patriotic exercise." The case specifically involves the phrase, "under God," which was not actually a part of the original phrasing of the Pledge.

Regarding atheists, Perino said during a live segment, "I'm tired of them." She continued, "I remember working at the Justice Department years ago when I first started right after 9/11 and a lawsuit like this came through, and before the day had finished, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives had both passed resolutions saying that they were for keeping ‘under God’ in the pledge."

"If these people really don't like it, they don't have to live here," she concluded. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/dana-perino-fox-news-atheists_n_3882597.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=Politics



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Dana Perino, idiot for life (Original Post) marmar Sep 2013 OP
She had me at "what was the Cuban missile crisis?" DanTex Sep 2013 #1
I remember that - she didn't know the difference between the Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs hatrack Sep 2013 #4
She is a fool! hrmjustin Sep 2013 #2
The fastest growing religious group? PrestonLocke Sep 2013 #3

hatrack

(59,574 posts)
4. I remember that - she didn't know the difference between the Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 06:24 PM
Sep 2013

Unbelievable.

PrestonLocke

(217 posts)
3. The fastest growing religious group?
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 06:14 PM
Sep 2013

The nonreligious.

Another god-fearing clown who has yet to read the bible.

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