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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDana 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
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DanTex
(20,709 posts)1. She had me at "what was the Cuban missile crisis?"
hatrack
(59,574 posts)4. I remember that - she didn't know the difference between the Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs
Unbelievable.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. She is a fool!
PrestonLocke
(217 posts)3. The fastest growing religious group?
The nonreligious.
Another god-fearing clown who has yet to read the bible.