'Tired Of Atheists' Fox Host Says ' Don't Live here

[doggie]

good old fox news. Hey we don't want atheists living here. Because was Christians are such good and nice and god loving people.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/0 ... 82597.html

Freedom of belief doesn't appear to be important to Fox News host Dana Perino, who suggested that if atheists don't like having "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, well, "they don't have to live here."

 

Massachusetts' highest court is currently hearing a case against the Pledge brought by atheist parents, who feel that due to its religious wording, atheist children "are denied meaningful participation in this patriotic exercise." The case specifically involves the phrase, "under God," which was not actually a part of the original phrasing of the Pledge.

 

Regarding atheists, Perino said during a live segment, "I'm tired of them." She continued, "I remember working at the Justice Department years ago when I first started right after 9/11 and a lawsuit like this came through, and before the day had finished, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives had both passed resolutions saying that they were for keeping ‘under God’ in the pledge."

 

"If these people really don't like it, they don't have to live here," she concluded.

 

Co-host Bob Beckel agreed, "Yeah, that's a good point."

[snarktastic]

As far as I'm concerned, Fox are onto a winner there. If America could please start shipping us Europeans a whole bunch of their most talented scientists and engineers, our economy could totally use them.

Even better, could we swap them out for all the American Mormon missionaries that have descended on my area?

[August]

Newsflash, Dana. You know all those immigrants you're always bitching about? Yeah, it's not just hard to move countries for brown spanish speaking folk, it's hard for everyone. Ironically, since atheists are on average more highly educated than christians it would be easier for them to emigrate, but it's still really really hard to do for most people (except nurses, damn you, nurses, for your calm loving demeanors and ability to work anywhere in the world at a whim).

[Handmaiden of Dog]

Yeah I have never understood the whole argument that if you don't like X, why don't you move. It is akin to people saying that if so and so is elected, "I'm moving my family to....(Alaska, Canada, Whatever city, state, country fits in with the speaker's political beliefs.)"

Then there is the whole "Texas should secede from the Union" said by both Texans and those who despise Texas.

All of that stuff is bullshit. The fact is if you are an American citizen, you have every right to live in America and even though certain political actions may go against your doctrine (gay marriage is allowed, abortion is outlawed) it is more important to stay and fight for your beliefs then to uproot your entire life and try to fit into another place-- that probably won't fit in 100% with your ideas either. And change is imminent whether you live in Raleigh, Anchorage, or Ontario-- so do you move every time something happens that you don't like?

[lemonhead]

Well, if Texas gets much worse we might seriously consider moving to another state...but I would not leave America just because someone doesn't approve of my agnosticism. And FWIW, when we recite the pledge at my kids' school assemblies, I choose not to say the words, "under God." It is my right to do so. Don't like it? Mind your own fucking business and go sit somewhere else if you need to.

[AtroposHeart]

Well, Fox if you want that then say goodbye to over 90% of your scientists. Though something tells me you wouldn't mind that.

[lizziesmom]

I'd be fine with Fox and its "talent" leaving. Heck, I'd even kick in for plane fare.

[Black Aliss]

As far as I'm concerned, Fox are onto a winner there. If America could please start shipping us Europeans a whole bunch of their most talented scientists and engineers, our economy could totally use them.

Even better, could we swap them out for all the American Mormon missionaries that have descended on my area?

Yoo hoo! Over here! I volunteer. Netherlands or Ireland preferred, but I won't say no to any part of the EU.

[rward]

Newsflash, Dana. You know all those immigrants you're always bitching about? Yeah, it's not just hard to move countries for brown spanish speaking folk, it's hard for everyone. Ironically, since atheists are on average more highly educated than christians it would be easier for them to emigrate, but it's still really really hard to do for most people (except nurses, damn you, nurses, for your calm loving demeanors and ability to work anywhere in the world at a whim).

Exactly! My husband became absolutely enchanted with Spain and I actually looked into what emigrating to Spain would entail and, yeah, not easy. Nor cheap. But sure, I'll just pack up everything I own into TSA acceptable luggage and hop on a plane tomorrow, Dana. Sure thing. :angry-banghead:

[Alice_Fraggle]

The more I hear people telling me to move the more I wish they would. Can we just set up a part of the world where we ship all the religious nutjobs so that NOBODY has to deal with them, but them? When I heard Glenn Beck's (shudder) citadel idea I was all for it - let them go and let the rest of us have the country to ourselves. *sigh*

[doggie]

Why should be abandon America to third world wannabe's? with fundies in charge America would soon be the worst educated most ignorant and poorly defended and hateful nation around.

[Anxious Girl]

I wonder if the majority of people were atheists and this host was still a Christian but a minority since atheists are the majority, would she still want atheists to get out? The mind wonders. :think:

[tanksmom]

Let's be honest here, when they say Atheists they don't mean Atheists only. They mean anyone and everyone that doesn't bow to the Christian way of believing. I guarantee if someone said "One nation under _________" (science, Buddha, Mohammed, etc) they would raise holy hell (pun intended) about people ruining this wholesome "christian" nation.

[August]

The more I hear people telling me to move the more I wish they would. Can we just set up a part of the world where we ship all the religious nutjobs so that NOBODY has to deal with them, but them? When I heard Glenn Beck's (shudder) citadel idea I was all for it - let them go and let the rest of us have the country to ourselves. *sigh*

I think that's Fox's plan. Fine by me so long as we get to take all the nuclear weapons, both coasts and all the brains when we leave.

[Freed]

Cool. Will they pay my airfare/shipping costs for my belongings/bills till I find a job to support myself? Otherwise, they're stuck with me and my gay self.

[Minerva]

Well, Fox if you want that then say goodbye to over 90% of your scientists. Though something tells me you wouldn't mind that.

I'm not sure they'd even notice.

[freedomjesusfootball]

I mean, I get the stand and fight mentality, but at the same time I am so ready to get the hell out of Texas. I have been here for 25 years and as I have grown older I am just farther and farther away ideologically. If I have to hear one more old man who accepts both medicare and social security bitch about a socialist America and call Obama "that boy" I may just kill someone.

I also think it would be interesting to see how some of the Fox News people would react if confronted with the fact that many of the founding fathers were not bible thumping puritans at all. Many tended more to humanism than rabid religiosity.

[Mela99]

Religious tolerance = only applicable to those who choose religions.

:eyeroll:

[GolightlyGrrl]

Wow, it looks like a bunch of us should leave the country

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/10/c ... -attitude/