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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 03:10 PM
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Teacher Resigns Amid Investigation Into Anti-Catholic Pamphlets
Edited on Tue Oct-25-11 03:16 PM by MountainLaurel
A North Texas teacher quit Monday after her school district began researching complaints that she was giving students anti-Catholic pamphlets.

Sergio Velazquez, 13, says his faith was tested last week.

“When we were in our classes she would give it to us,” says Sergio.

He said his teacher, Marsha McDonald, gave him an anti-Catholic pamphlet. The eighth-grade teacher handed it to him in his English class at Mineral Wells Junior High, he said.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/10/24/teacher-resigns-amid-investigation-that-she-handed-out-anti-catholic-pamphlets/?hpt=us_bn5


This probably explains it (from the article): "McDonald is also a pastor at Cool Assembly of God, a Pentacostal congregation outside Mineral Wells."
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 03:21 PM
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1. An AOG church came to my rural community a couple
of years ago. They came here at the request of a local couple.

They are a stealth AOG church, not admitting their affiliation unless pressed to do so.

They have now built a monstrosity of a church, and are poaching on all the other churches in town. They guilt trip children into joining, and behave in a very pushy manner, forcing their way into all sorts of existing community programs. They act like a cult.

This group is a cancer on our community.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 03:23 PM
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2. My Catholic relatives still don't get this.
They still think Bachmann, Perry, Palin, bush, etc. are all just good, moral Christians. They forget the outrage among fanatical evangelicals that a Catholic was elected president in 1960, yet share the outrage that a black man was elected in 2008.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 03:48 PM
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3. there Is A Whiff Of 'Chick Comics' Over This, Ma'am....
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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 04:10 PM
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5. Yep - quite possibly this one
Edited on Tue Oct-25-11 04:13 PM by dmallind
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0074/0074_01.asp

Always fun when discussing ecumenicalism and kinder gentler Christianity. Of course Chick is a fringe lone with no influence or support whatsoever....right?




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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 04:08 PM
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4. "Cool" Assembly of God ??
Really?

Sounds like someone is trying a little too hard to attract new youth members.
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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 04:21 PM
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6. Cool is a nearby town. Why I have no idea. I suspect it isn't in any sense of the word. nt
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 04:35 PM
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7. I bet I can name a handful of DU members
that were sure they were going to read about nasty militant atheists. Most SCOTUS cases on religion are the result of one bitching about the other.
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