Texas Religious Whack-A-Loons Slip in the Side Door


	Texas Religious Whack-A-Loons Slip in the Side Door

AtlLiberal

3-28-2009 1:05 AM

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AtlLiberal says:

Proving my suspicion that Texas is rife with religious nut jobs, the school board scored one for the Discovery Institute creationist lunatic fringe. Words do matter!

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3-28-2009 12:30 PM

Oortcloud

<intoned whiny believer voice> but if you don't believe in god so much, why do you work so hard to argue AGAINST him? </intoned whiny believer voice>

3-28-2009 3:07 PM

AtlLiberal

LOL! Now that's a GREAT argument.

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