May 31 Reblogged
May 30 Reblogged
We learned something new today. Er.
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The passages cited:
Arkansas, Article 19, Section 1
No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.
Maryland, Article 37
That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God.
Mississippi, Article 14, Section 265
No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state.
Pennsylvania, Article 1, Section 4
No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
South Carolina, Article 17, Section 4
No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution.
Tennessee, Article 9, Section 2
No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.
Texas, Article 1, Section 4
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
The part that annoys me the most is the use of the word “competent,” as if we are somehow mentally unfit.
It irritates me that this antiquated bit of legislation still exists within our state.
Wanna hear a joke? Freedom of religion. LOL
May 30 Reblogged
I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.
May 26
Has chance worn out your youth or did some wicked sorrow consume you like food?
May 26
don’t forget what you’re fighting for
May 25
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29
(i need to work on this)
May 25 Reblogged
May 23 Reblogged
I live in South Carolina and as much as I hate to say it, there is a strong prejudice against Middle Easterners here because of 9/11.
One time when I was teaching my Sunday school class of 4-10 year olds, I showed them this picture. It was in a slide show of pictures of children from around the world and I was making them (mostly the older ones) tell me where they thought the children lived.
When I asked them where they thought the children in this articular picture lived, they thought it was a trick question. They said America. When I said they didn’t live on this continent, they guess things like England and Australia. A child even guessed Russia.
Finally, I stopped all the wild guesses and asked them why they thought they came from these countries. I got answers like, “They have nice clothes,” or “That’s a nice building.” Someone even said, “Because they look so happy.”
I think all of them old enough to comprehend it, stopped breathing for a second when I told them these were the children of Iraq. They even tried to deny it. Children in Iraq are Muslim and “wear things on their heads,” they told me.
They were astounded when I pointed to the children in the picture and said things like, “These children are your age. They wear nice jackets, nice pants, nice shoes. They may be Muslim. They may not be. I can’t tell by looking at them; can you? I can’t tell if they are friendly or mean, but just like someone said, they look happy. They go to school just like you and me. And you know what?”
By this point, I have them all wide-eyed and hanging onto my every word.
“They want to grow up in a good country too. They want their families to be safe from the war. They don’t want to lose their dads or moms or brothers or anyone to fighting just like you don’t want to lose any of your family to the war. They’re from a country that happens to be at war with our country. That does not make them bad people. They just want to be happy and safe. Just like us.”
You know the funny thing about children?
It was that easy for them to accept it.
By the end of the class, every one of them understood that they were neither inferior nor superior to anyone.
I wish it were that easy for adults.
(Source: hesmagicandmyth)
May 21
Christians judging and condemning others is like Ron Artest changing his name to Metta World Peace then elbowing James Harden in the head.
May 21
Local Pastor Calls For Death of ‘Queers & Homosexuals’
Yikes.
May 18
don’t drink and drive
so on my way home i was following a girl driving a subaru outback. it’s kind of ridiculous that i could tell just by the tail lights, but what really stuck out was the way she was swerving from one side of the lane to the other, drifting from halfway into the other lane to halfway into the shoulder. it wouldn’t really be a big deal if she was almost home, or if we weren’t going very fast, but i was behind her for 3 minutes going 55. i’m just really glad she didn’t run into oncoming traffic (we passed about half a dozen cars). she eventually ended up pulling over. i stopped my car close to hers and asked if she was ok, and she didn’t say a word but only looked at me. obviously she was under the influence of something, but i think she was about to call someone to get her, so i just gave her a thumbs up and left.
i’ve been behind drunk drivers before but this one was the worst, and i can’t imagine why anyone would do it. is it cool or something? is it something people can brag to their friends about and be proud of? i know everyone is tired of those PSAs that say the same thing over and over again, but really. a decision to not get behind the wheel could save your life. please. i just want everyone to be ok.
May 16
Have you ever thought about how many people think about you? It’s bizarre. Imagine someone, out of the blue, thinking of your face. Something happens; they remember you. Your favorite song, how you dress, the way you talk, the look in your eyes when you are happy. They remember that bout you. Even if you haven’t seen each other in years. everything is a reminder of a person, a place, a moment. You may think you’ve forgotten, but you haven’t.
(Source: laurelfoool)
May 15 Reblogged
FACT: The number of students who have to go into debt to get a bachelor’s degree has risen from 45% in 1993 to 94% today. →
The next debt crisis.
Holy shit.
I hate everything.
(Source: think-progress)
