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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 05:54 AM
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Illinois just elected a scientist to Congress
Bill Foster, genuine egghead:

http://www.foster08.com/2007/12/meet_bill_foste.html


Notice anything odd about that page?

Where's God? Where's Jesus? Where's the affirmation of Christian solidarity?

They're not there. Those words appear nowhere on his site:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.foster08.com+god
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.foster08.com+jesus
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.foster08.com+christian

Bill Foster did the unthinkable. He got elected without the obligatory nod to faith.

Way to go, Illinois! Take that, religio-supremacist meatheads!
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 12:24 PM
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1. Thanks! A ray of hope!
And he took Hastert's seat! Bwah!
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 11:16 PM
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2. Ooo. Yea!
:bounce: :toast: I just might need to move to Illinois... :)
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 09:23 AM
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3. Very cool!
It's rare when someone doesn't plug faith or gawd to get elected.
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uberllama42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 09:53 AM
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4. Wikipedia lists his religion as 'none'
There's no citation for that, so I don't know how reliable it is, but it gives me a little bit of hope.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 10:58 AM
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5. Why must you insist on making the baby Jesus cry?
:(



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