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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:47 AM Aug 2018

'In God We Trust' signs must now be displayed in all Florida schools

Starting this week, public schools in Florida will be required to display signs with the official state motto — “In God We Trust.” The phrase will be posted in “a conspicuous place” after being endorsed by Democratic Rep. Kimberly Daniels, who is the leader of a Christian ministry.

Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill back in March, requiring “each district school board” to display it inside “all of the schools of the district and in each building used by the district school board.”

“This motto is inscribed on the halls of this great capitol and inked on our currency, and it should be displayed so that our children will be exposed and educated on this great motto, which is a part of this country’s foundation,” Daniels told House committee members while pushing the bill.

“Something so great should not be hidden,” she said.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/13/in-god-we-trust-signs-must-now-be-displayed-in-all-florida-schools/

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'In God We Trust' signs must now be displayed in all Florida schools (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
Daniels was involved in a profanity-laced squabble ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #1
This is bullshit! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #2
This! nt MANative Aug 2018 #4
Time for the kids to yell "Hail Zeus!" whenever they pass by those fucking signs. stopbush Aug 2018 #3
Any kid who does that will be ostracized Mariana Aug 2018 #7
Freedom OF religion has always been freedom FROM religion. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #5
Have the lawsuits started yet? Solly Mack Aug 2018 #6
Florida man brings alligator on beer run struggle4progress Aug 2018 #8
Which God? No one ever asks that question. Someone should come to school in uponit7771 Aug 2018 #9
Florida man caught huffing at Walmart struggle4progress Aug 2018 #10
Florida men buy hard drives, return boxes full of Play-Doh struggle4progress Aug 2018 #11
Florida Man Strips Naked on I-95 struggle4progress Aug 2018 #12
Like Trump, her rationale is generic, kneejerk bullshit. maxsolomon Aug 2018 #13
WTF? Delphinus Aug 2018 #14
Florida man dumps 10000 gallons of sludge in lot struggle4progress Aug 2018 #15
Florida man attempts strip tease in steakhouse struggle4progress Aug 2018 #16
Thank you left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #17
I'm not spamming your thread: I'm just putting Florida politics in context struggle4progress Aug 2018 #18
Pin a dollar bill to the ceiling, Mission accomplished JDC Aug 2018 #19
Completely unconstitutional. lindysalsagal Aug 2018 #20
There's a long history of US courts refusing to touch stuff like this, on the grounds that struggle4progress Aug 2018 #21
What does your money say? former9thward Aug 2018 #22
K & R nt greyl Aug 2019 #23

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
1. Daniels was involved in a profanity-laced squabble ...
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:48 AM
Aug 2018

Daniels was involved in a profanity-laced squabble with council candidate Sirretta Williams, also a local minister.

In March 2017, it was reported that Daniels was under investigation by the Florida Elections Commission after it found probable cause that she used campaign funds for personal expenses and later falsely reported information on finance reports.

Daniels has previously expressed positive feelings for slavery: "If it wasn’t for slavery, I might be somewhere in Africa worshipping a tree";
and spoke dismissively of the Holocaust: "You can talk about the Holocaust, but the Jews own everything".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Daniels

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
3. Time for the kids to yell "Hail Zeus!" whenever they pass by those fucking signs.
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:51 AM
Aug 2018

So tired of the fucking Xians imposing their fucking make believe on the rest of us.

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
7. Any kid who does that will be ostracized
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:31 PM
Aug 2018

and denigrated by his or her peers, teachers, and community leaders, probably threatened, and may even be physically harmed.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
5. Freedom OF religion has always been freedom FROM religion.
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:53 AM
Aug 2018


This is just cheap merchandising. Aside from being a gross violation of civil rights.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
8. Florida man brings alligator on beer run
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:40 PM
Aug 2018

Robby Stratton’s beer run may turn out to be more costly than an 18-pack of Busch. He brought an alligator into a Jacksonville convenience store to help him with his purchase ... In the next video, Stratton is running around the aisles of the store carrying the alligator ... now he could face a $5,000 fine and five years in jail, where beer is not served.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/audience/david-whitley/os-ae-florida-man-alligator-in-convenience-store-david-whitley-0730-story.html

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
9. Which God? No one ever asks that question. Someone should come to school in
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:42 PM
Aug 2018

... some 5 armed demigod outfit and claim religious persecution if they get flack.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
10. Florida man caught huffing at Walmart
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:43 PM
Aug 2018

... Sean Humberson, 31, was found next to a dumpster with seven cans of Dust-Off around him, the report said. He was taken to Baptist Medical Center Nassau for evaluation and was later arrested and charged with inhaling dangerous chemicals and for trespassing after an earlier warning ...

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/florida-man-caught-huffing-walmart-had-seven-cans-around-him/n33v4flKbks8ApyXN7VLYL/

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
11. Florida men buy hard drives, return boxes full of Play-Doh
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:45 PM
Aug 2018

... Polk County Sheriff's officials say Jose Rivera spent about $6,200 buying 69 hard drives from 16 different Targets in several central Florida counties in January. Authorities say Rainer Bentulan then returned the boxes with lumps of child's clay that had a similar weight to the hard drives ...

https://www.local10.com/news/florida/men-bought-69-hard-drives-returned-boxes-full-of-play-doh

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
12. Florida Man Strips Naked on I-95
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:48 PM
Aug 2018

MEG O'CONNOR | AUGUST 10, 2018 | 3:18PM

in Miami last Sunday afternoon ... Around 6:30 p.m. .. a man exited his car, took off his clothes, and began walking north against traffic. Before long, Florida Highway Patrol arrived. City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue arrived soon after, disrupting traffic ...

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-man-on-flakka-thinks-hes-possessed-strips-naked-disrupts-traffic-on-i-95-10616127

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
13. Like Trump, her rationale is generic, kneejerk bullshit.
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:49 PM
Aug 2018
“This motto is inscribed on the halls of this great capitol and inked on our currency, and it should be displayed so that our children will be exposed and educated on this great motto, which is a part of this country’s foundation,” Daniels told House committee members while pushing the bill.

“Something so great should not be hidden,” she said.


You see, this motto is "great". Why is it great? Because of it's greatness! Never mind all that other stuff in the Constitution, you God-haters.

Other, actual US mottos that would be more apropos: E Pluribus Unum, or Novo Ordo Seclorum.

Stop letting Stupid People govern.



Delphinus

(11,830 posts)
14. WTF?
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:50 PM
Aug 2018

I tell you, I loved public schools for my son (he's now 42), but if I were to have to send him to school today, I would home school in a freaking heartbeat.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
15. Florida man dumps 10000 gallons of sludge in lot
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:52 PM
Aug 2018

BY DAVID J. NEAL
August 12, 2018 09:56 AM
Updated August 13, 2018 12:21 PM

A Florida man dumped 10,000 gallons of .. “sludge” .. in a vacant lot, then told investigators he did it for his employers to keep his job.

...the Polk County Sheriff’s Office .. arrested Peter Rodriguez last Tuesday on two counts of felony commercial dumping of litter in excess of 500 pounds. The 50-year-old Rodriguez, whose home is 2 1/2 miles from the befouled lot, works as a driver for Orlando-based Brownie’s Septic & Plumbing.

... hazardous waste cleanup company ACT Environmental placed it as Polk County’s largest spill ...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article216539555.html

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
16. Florida man attempts strip tease in steakhouse
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:55 PM
Aug 2018

Jack Evans
Published: August 11, 2018
Updated: August 11, 2018 at 01:49 PM

... Police said James Dylan Jordan, 24, drunkenly approached the couple in the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse on U.S. 19. Then he started taking off his clothes and dancing in front of the woman ...

He was arrested by Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies on a charge of disorderly conduct ...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Police-Dunedin-man-arrested-after-attempting-strip-tease-inside-steakhouse_170810817

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
17. Thank you
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:59 PM
Aug 2018

Every time you 'spam' my original thread with off topic posts,
it increases the visibility of my original thread.

Much appreciated

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