March 19, 2014

Michigan School District Contract Stipulates That Non-Christians Must Be Given Favorable Treatment in Hiring
— Ace

There's another way to say this, of course: that members of a particular religion, Christianity, should be affirmatively disfavored and discriminated against.

Does this run afoul of the Constitution? Of course.

Gabe Malor gave Ed Morrissey his legal opinion at the link.

We seem to be having an outbreak of MLBS (Meatball-Like Behavior Syndrome) at this site.

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1 great

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at March 19, 2014 09:33 AM (8v/hq)

2 All My Meatballs

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at March 19, 2014 09:33 AM (RJMhd)

3 The most beautiful sound in the world.......

Posted by: Barry S. at March 19, 2014 09:34 AM (Aif/5)

4 How does the district even know an applicant's religion?  It's certainly illegal to ask the applicant.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 19, 2014 09:34 AM (V70Uh)

5 Okay, where did all the meatballs come from?

Posted by: joncelli at March 19, 2014 09:35 AM (RD7QR)

6 err....outbreak of whut?

Posted by: Troll Feeder at March 19, 2014 09:35 AM (+Tstv)

7 Malaysia.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at March 19, 2014 09:36 AM (RJMhd)

8 We seem to be having an outbreak of MLBS (Meatball-Like Behavior Syndrome) at this site.
People getting saucy up in here.

Posted by: fluffy at March 19, 2014 09:36 AM (Ua6T/)

9 Yeah! More social justice please.

Posted by: flounder at March 19, 2014 09:36 AM (Kkt/i)

10 Sounds good to me...

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 19, 2014 09:36 AM (GjPnA)

11 How does a hiring manager ask the interviewee what religious background they are without getting their ass sued?  There's all sorts of questions that can't be asked in a job interview.



Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 09:36 AM (GQ8sn)

12 How does the district even know an applicant's religion? It's certainly illegal to ask the applicant.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 19, 2014 01:34 PM (V70Uh)



Did you wear a cross necklace,  St. Christopher medallion, or a "WWJD?" bracelet to your interview?


You just might be a Christian.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (4df7R)

13 Can they even ASK your religion? How is this enforced?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (yPvV6)

14 We will never be safe until all the Xtians have to wear fish armbands.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (qXA/N)

15 The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.

Posted by: Barky I at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (sOtz/)

16 There's also that "meatball" that posts at Buzzfeed.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (RJMhd)

17 RE: MLBS You should probably pay your talent better, Ace. Just saying.

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (S8y+1)

18 Which Michigan school District is it-Dearborn?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2014 09:37 AM (XyM/Y)

19 Oh yes I'd like very much to be a kindergarten teacher.

Posted by: Mohammad from Dearborn at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (Aif/5)

20 So, you want to get hired just wear a hijab? hmm...

Posted by: votermom at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (GSIDW)

21 It means you can't not hire somebody if they show up for the interview in a burka or manjammies.

Posted by: Rohon at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (DCZeI)

22 Did you wear a hijab    to your   interview?       You're      probably     not a Christian.    You get front-of-the-line     opportunity.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (4df7R)

23

Remember when NASA was not just another socialist propaganda organization?

http://tinyurl.com/o8zbo7x

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (xWW96)

24 How does the district even know an applicant's religion? It's certainly illegal to ask the applicant.

So, when would you like your day off, Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday?

Just kidding, I don't know.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (P7Wsr)

25 How does the district even know an applicant's religion? It's certainly illegal to ask the applicant. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 19, 2014 01:34 PM (V70Uh) hijab, burqa or not?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (IXrOn)

26 I took a quick look into this. It applies only to the Ferndale school district. Ferndale is a lily-white suburb of Detroit which has a very powerful LGBT community. It's not what I was expecting, given that Dearbornistan is in the neighborhood.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (APuJ7)

27 Well, it is almost baseball season.

Posted by: Breaded Meatball at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (wu/TK)

28 4 How does the district even know an applicant's religion? It's certainly illegal to ask the applicant. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 19, 2014 01:34 PM (V70Uh) Drop trou', boy!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 19, 2014 09:38 AM (olDqf)

29 18 Which Michigan school District is it-Dearborn? --- Ferndale, though Dearborn was my first guess as well.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (APuJ7)

30 How does the district even know an applicant's religion? It's certainly illegal to ask the applicant. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 19, 2014 01:34 PM (V70Uh) I'm assuming there would be guessing based on ethnicity/name. Previous teaching experience (or education) at any religious schools would probably be an indicator as well. Otherwise, yeah, you're not supposed to ask. But then, that's true for a lot of things, and many employers still get away with shenanigans.

Posted by: Hal at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (MftY/)

31 Do you have a tattoo on your arm that says  "JESUS WAS A NAZI?"



congrats, you're   not a Christian.   Please teach our children!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (4df7R)

32

Special consideration shall be given to women and/or minority defined as: Native American, Asian American, Latino, African American and those of the non-Christian faith.  (emphasis mine).

 

Michigan.  The non-Xian faith.  Wonder who they could mean?

 

I have tried valiantly to not be bitter about the fact that I'm a middle-aged white makes me the (what's the opposite of beneficiary?) of every single act of every single institution, but it's getting old.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (JtwS4)

33 The Right needs to use more lawfare. Flood the zone with lawsuits. It is supposed to be illegal to be discriminated against because of your race and religion. Yet discrimination against white people in college admissions, government hiring, government contracting, and corporate hiring and promotions is systematic and widespread. Systematic anti-male discrimination is also widely practiced. And increasingly that is being extended to non-Christians. The Progressive Trash Ruling class hates white Christian males -- so, whenever then can, they systematically discriminate against those traits. It is supposed to be illegal.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (ZPrif)

34 Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 19, 2014 01:39 PM (JtwS4) --- Roll out the barrel...

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (APuJ7)

35 School district is north Detroit according to google maps.

Posted by: Adam at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (Aif/5)

36 >>11 How does a hiring manager ask the interviewee what religious background they are without getting their ass sued? There's all sorts of questions that can't be asked in a job interview. Oh come on, you never saw Shogun? "Very good sir, now, please just step over here and stomp on the crucifix."

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at March 19, 2014 09:39 AM (5xmd7)

37 I am definitely meatballishly leaning.

Posted by: Maylasian Government at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (EYp+q)

38 Sorry; It would help if I read the link first. :^) Ferndale has some prior craziness with it to but I'm having a senior moment and can't recall what it was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (XyM/Y)

39 First they came for the meatballs, and I said nothing..

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (/rlXg)

40 barrel

Posted by: flounder at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (Kkt/i)

Posted by: Adam at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (Aif/5)

42 Xtian dominionist influence on future generations must be prevented. Remember when Charles Johnson, that wise "conservative" pundit, wrote on this subject?

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (eAUyf)

43 Bander the Snatch I say!!!

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (xWW96)

44 Ah, but one group tend to wear their religion on their face.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (ZPrif)

45 Its not just the religion part of that contract that is illegal, all of it is.  SCOTUS ruled long ago that AA and set-asides were unconstitutional.


Someone needs to take them to court, and yes, the taxpayers will be held accountable.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (T2V/1)

46 I took a quick look into this.

It applies only to the Ferndale school district. Ferndale is a lily-white suburb of Detroit which has a very powerful LGBT community.


It's not what I was expecting, given that Dearbornistan is in the neighborhood.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 01:38 PM (APuJ7)



Trust me, if it somehow -- by some miracle -- manages to remain valid?   Hoo boy.   You think the corgi stampede here at the HQ is crazy when a new    thread is posted,  just WAIT till the unions get a chance to draft new contracts   that discriminate against   groups they don't like based on religion.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (4df7R)

47 I recently interviewed an applicant who insisted upon babbling about carbon footprints and whatnot. 

Blah, blah, blah.

Posted by: Fritz at March 19, 2014 09:40 AM (UzPAd)

48 Who is willing to challenge this? Seems a slam dunk discrimination case.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (A98Xu)

49 Moar Lawfare! Sue them into oblivion.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (ZPrif)

50 So if Hillary! were to apply for a job there she'd be wearing a hijab and using a Frito Bandito accent, right?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (P7Wsr)

51 fuck

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (JtwS4)

52 The meatball behavior has more bread crumbs than meat and thus a MINO.

Posted by: Kosher Sizer at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (ODaO0)

53 They ask trick questions like, "Did you pray you'd get this job?"

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (qXA/N)

54 Bold flavor.

Posted by: Beagle at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (sOtz/)

55 Again, I point out that Jesus promised that Christians would be persecuted. It is no surprise. As in John 15:18, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." I also am brought to mind of the story of Daniel. Daniel was the most favored man in the land, but Darius ordered that no one could worship anyone but him (it was part of a plot to bring down Daniel by those who were jealous of him.) Daniel refused, and so Darius threw him into the Lion's Den. Daniel survived. His religion lives today. The Persian Empire? Not so much. The Romans thought they could feed Christian's to lions. Today in Rome is the seat of the Catholic Church. And ruins of the Roman Empire.

Posted by: blaster at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (4+AaH)

56 It's only illegal if the wrong people do it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (51wwJ)

57 What a small, mean, petty, silly, jaded country this has become.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:41 AM (7ObY1)

58 This is mighty bold today.

Posted by: Maylasian Government at March 19, 2014 09:42 AM (EYp+q)

59 I'm converting to Bossyism.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 19, 2014 09:42 AM (JQuNB)

60 ironically, many hispanics and african americans are christian so, they pretty much narrow it down other than Buddhism...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:42 AM (IXrOn)

61 Kosher Sizer lol--crap my dyslexia is bad enough.

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (RJMhd)

62 Imported from Detroit

Posted by: Mr. Pimp at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (DrC22)

63 Boldly stated.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (DYtdE)

64 Sample interview questions for Michigan skool  district:

1. How was your Christmas/Easter  vacation?

2. I had steak  for dinner  last friday, what did you have?

3. What do you call the time period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (BeSEI)

65 On my way to the embarreling...point was that the law applies to the non-Christain faith, singular.  Which is something.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (JtwS4)

66 I'm looking forward to the LGBT vs Sharia muslim fight that will be inevitable when neighborhoods collide.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (A98Xu)

67 Its not just the religion part of that contract that is illegal, all of it is. SCOTUS ruled long ago that AA and set-asides were unconstitutional.


"It's a tax!"

- John Roberts



but seriously,      whoever their legal   representation is in this school district,   they oughta be fired.    This is     so    mind-numbingly,  obviously ILLEGAL that it    boggles the mind.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (4df7R)

68 48 Who is willing to challenge this? Seems a slam dunk discrimination case.

*****

Standing.

Posted by: The reason no righty lawsuits go anywhere at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (vgIRn)

69 To boldly comment as no one has commented before!

Posted by: James T Kirk at March 19, 2014 09:43 AM (6Z9cJ)

70 66 I'm looking forward to the LGBT vs Sharia muslim fight that will be inevitable when neighborhoods collide. Clearly Booooosh's fault.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:44 AM (7ObY1)

71 66 I'm looking forward to the LGBT vs Sharia muslim fight that will be inevitable when neighborhoods collide. --- Would the compromise be for both sides to fuck underage sheep of the same sex?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:44 AM (APuJ7)

72 It applies only to the Ferndale school district. Ferndale is a lily-white suburb of Detroit which has a very powerful LGBT community.


It's not what I was expecting, given that Dearbornistan is in the neighborhood.



I wonder when those two sides will finally clash.

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 09:44 AM (GQ8sn)

73 How would they know your religion? Even asking would put their asses in a sling.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 09:44 AM (bitz6)

74 "'There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions." - G.K.Chesterton

Posted by: Something at March 19, 2014 09:44 AM (pQJEV)

75 Ah, but one group tend to wear their religion on their face.

Hindus have a dot, Catholics and Native Americans have a smudge, and Jews can wear phylacteries.  I'm sure there are more, but those are the obvious ones.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:44 AM (P7Wsr)

76 60 ironically, many hispanics and african americans are christian Competing fauxvictim groups will either destroy the (D)Marxist party or the country. Probably both.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (DYtdE)

77 Revoke the school board's 'sovereign immunity'.

That is, when the inevitable lawsuit wins, have the people involved personally liable.

This should be the norm for -any- violation of the Bill of Rights, it would make bureaucrats (a) steer a -far- wider path around infringing, and (b) cause underlings to take -meticulous- notes to spike superiors.

Posted by: Al at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (9ynpo)

78 I'm looking forward to the LGBT vs Sharia muslim fight that will be inevitable when neighborhoods collide. I'd kill for the popcorn concession.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (cB3Ay)

79 That's no Meatball, that's an Ungrateful Loaf of Bread.
 
Someone make me a sammich.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (wNF3N)

80 Do you have a    church      bumper   sticker on your car?    A window decal from your child's    Catholic   school    on your rear windshield?    A   rosary hanging from your rear view mirror?




BACK OF THE BUS, sparky!   You   have no right being near our children!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (4df7R)

81 Another way to incentivize wearing the hijab. You aren't allowed to ask about religion. Kinda obvious though if the applicant is wearing her hijab to the interview.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (ZPrif)

82 Is Gabe a lawyer?  His description of the 9th Cir. ACTUALLY FOLLOWING Supreme Court precedent re the striking down of the bullshit conceal carry restrictions in San Diego as an "activist court" was troubling.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 09:45 AM (tVTLU)

83 Will there be more Meatball stomping? 

Posted by: no good deed at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (vBhbc)

84 First they came for the BOLD flavored meatballs, and I said nothing.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (/rlXg)

85 We seem to be having an outbreak of MLBS (Meatball-Like Behavior Syndrome) at this site. What is an example of this?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (IXrOn)

86 I can look for new bride at work yes?

Posted by: Achmed at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (Aif/5)

87 Seriously, people should do this: Get a large scarf. Look up online how to wrap it on your head as a hijab. If necessary, dye your hair black. Then apply for a job in Michigan. The day after you're hired (and you will be hired, guaranteed), walk into the office with your big blonde hair blowing free in the wind and big honkin' gold crucifix around your neck. When they fire you, sue the shit out them.

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (mizYg)

88 What do you call the time period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?

I call it CrazyDangerousTown!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (P7Wsr)

89 47 I recently interviewed an applicant who insisted upon babbling about carbon footprints and whatnot. Guessing that one didn't make the successful transition to "employee".

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:46 AM (CesFO)

90 Since it would harm most Irish, I'm goode.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (P1WNR)

91

UTLA, the LAUSD teachers' union, has declared Christianity a hate religion for its stance on gays.  Happened years ago.

Shape of things to come

Posted by: MAx at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (b7yum)

92 De plane, De plane, where in the hell is De plane.

Posted by: Tatoo the Maylasian Government at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (EYp+q)

93 Angry mobs of Christians running amok and chopping off heads, burning people alive, in infinity, infinity minus one, infinity minus two, infinity minus three . . . . . . . . .

Posted by: Sharkman at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (TM1p8)

94 Basically, this rule is -- tie goes to the Muslim lady in the hijab.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (ZPrif)

95 I'm looking forward to the LGBT vs Sharia muslim fight that will be inevitable when neighborhoods collide Reported by whom, the dog that won't bark?

Posted by: Breaded Meatball at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (wu/TK)

96 There's this really radical thing that I do. Something that totally sticks it to the man. Something so edgy it's almost off the charts. I'm talking something so rebellious it makes the Occutards look mainstream. I wear a cross. And I may even add a Star of David.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:47 AM (7ObY1)

97

Costanza:

 

I could not agree more.  We need to punch these fuckers three times as hard in the mouth.

 

What this means in practice is that these public union fucks negotiated a contract whereby they steal Christians' money (see taxpayers of that district) to pay themselves and at the same time discriminating against Christians.

 

Dhimmitude much?

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (tVTLU)

98

88What do you call the time period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?

A Dipshitlodicus is governer of Joisey.

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (xWW96)

99 83 Will there be more Meatball stomping? Posted by: no good deed at March 19, 2014 01:46 PM (vBhb Well, do me last...

Posted by: Deep Fried Meatball at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (DYtdE)

100 You aren't allowed to ask about religion. Kinda obvious though if the applicant is wearing her hijab to the interview. Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 01:45 PM ............Want a job with them? Throw on a hijab when you go on the interview. After they hire you, show up with a I heart Jesus hat on and laugh at them.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (/rlXg)

101 Meatballs are tasty. We should have Meatball Day here at AoShq.

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (r7mtu)

102

Related to this story is this:  A retired 777 pilot called in to Rush's show and they had an interesting conversation about his theory of what happened to Malaysian Air and also something I didn't know - that there are a lot of foreign nationals that fly American carriers.  He said that he has talked to the FBI and the Pilot's Assoc. about this and recommends that all pilots receive an exhaustive backround check prior to sitting in a cockpit.  Who do they talk to in Pakistan?  etc. 

 

I am sure that there would be the usual screams of "profiling" and a ACLU tantrum but we either get smart or this thing will keep happening if indeed a terrorist act.

Posted by: Cheri at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (G+Wff)

103 Make sure to wear your clothes hangar necklace on your interview and you will be a shoe in.

Posted by: E.T. at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (uGlk8)

104 This is the kind of policy that shows we are too polarized to ever be a cross-the-aisle type of country. That's over. Positions are too far apart.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (A98Xu)

105 Hindus have a dot, Catholics and Native Americans have a smudge, and Jews can wear phylacteries. I'm sure there are more, but those are the obvious ones. -- One of the Horde should apply sporting all of the above plus a crucifix & a hijab.

Posted by: votermom at March 19, 2014 09:48 AM (GSIDW)

106 Do they check you for magic underwear?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (bitz6)

107 The day after you're hired (and you will be hired, guaranteed), walk into the office with your big blonde hair blowing free in the wind and big honkin' gold crucifix around your neck.

I like the way you think.

I have dark brown hair and was Spanish immersed for a couple of years.  I've toyed with the idea of claiming Hispanic for my Master's degree applications.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (P7Wsr)

108 Interviewer: You are not a Christian, are you? Interviewed: No, I am a member of the Church of the Risen Trayvon and I believe when he comes back he will kill all of the creepy-ass crackers. Interviewer: You are hired.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (qXA/N)

109 I never liked to hire people who don't go to church.
And I can usually tell after a few minutes face to face.
The eyes, you can tell by their eyes. They have a sorta crazy look to 'em, like they don't know that God is in His Heaven.
And, if you are favored with an invitation to their homes, the pentagram set in the floor tiles in The Chamber is a dead give-away they go to a different "church".

Posted by: Owner of a Respectable Republican Cloth Coat at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (1/4XQ)

110 One of the Horde should apply sporting all of the above plus a crucifix & a hijab.

Posted by: votermom at March 19, 2014 01:48 PM (GSIDW)


Make it a rainbow coloured hijab.



Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)

111 I'm not sure what they would mean by Christian/non-Christian. Whether a person is a Christian or not is a matter of the heart not of appearance. Are white people of European descent considered to be Christian? Are people who celebrate Christmas and Easter considered to be Christian? I note there are more professing Christians in Africa than Europe. I also point out a significant percentage of American blacks identify as Christian. So I guess that somebody needs to begin a job interview by praising Allah or Beelzebub. Long winded way of saying the policy is stupid.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (shNkh)

112 82 Is Gabe a lawyer? His description of the 9th Cir. ACTUALLY FOLLOWING Supreme Court precedent re the striking down of the bullshit conceal carry restrictions in San Diegoas an "activist court" was troubling.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 01:45 PM (tVTLU)


Gabe seems to be of the type that only impugns judicial "activism" when it disfavors his particular leanings.

Posted by: flounder at March 19, 2014 09:49 AM (Kkt/i)

113 Remember, this is Michigan. Who knows how scared they are of members of the religion of pieces? Just kidding! They're just Christian-hating libs. And I'm sure these guidelines are just going to benefit all those dear children wonderfully!

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (r+7wo)

114 but seriously, whoever their legal representation is in this school district, they oughta be fired. This is so mind-numbingly, obviously ILLEGAL that it boggles the mind. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 19, 2014 01:43 PM (4df7R) So's the individual mandate. So are all the delays in OCare. So are the appointments to the NLRB. Shall I continue?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (da5Wo)

115 Interviewer: You are not a Christian, are you?

Interviewed: No, I am a member of the Church of the Risen Trayvon and I believe when he comes back he will kill all of the creepy-ass crackers.

Interviewer: You are hired.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2014 01:49 PM (qXA/N)


Not so fast.


Posted by: Church of the Kel-Tec PF-9 at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (GQ8sn)

116 I can look for new bride at work yes? Posted by: Achmed Only in the Ag barn.....

Posted by: rickb223 at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (cB3Ay)

117 It's Michigan. I'll take a wild guess, and presume that "Non-Christian faith" indirectly refers to the same religion as all the rioting "Youths" in France, the UK, Norway, etc., etc.

Posted by: GOP at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (1Rgee)

118 101 Meatballs are tasty. We should have Meatball Day here at AoShq. --- Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (APuJ7)

119 88 -

You are correct, sir!

Actually it's a double  whammy question.   If the responder says "BC" or "that's silly, dinosaurs are a myth, and the world is only 6000 years old," you know you got  one of  them. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (BeSEI)

120 Would the compromise be for both sides to fuck underage sheep of the same sex?
It's for the kids.

Posted by: Ahmed at March 19, 2014 09:50 AM (Ua6T/)

121 I'm looking forward to the LGBT vs Sharia muslim fight that will be inevitable when neighborhoods collide.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 01:43 PM (A98Xu)

-------

It's true that one will be worth a watch, but, I am looking forward to Planned Parenthood/NARAL/Code Pink vs Sharia Law, that will be epic.  It will be all, "Whatchoo mean I have no reproductive rights, Imam Aktar?  I have the right to be barefoot, pregnant, and beaten, you say? "

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 09:51 AM (kXoT0)

122

Shorter post:  In this district they are forcibly taking Christians' money and discriminating against those people in hiring practices.

 

America, land of the free and home of the brave. 

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 09:51 AM (tVTLU)

123 C O E X I S

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:51 AM (IXrOn)

124 For those frustrated with Republican politics, organizations that use lawfare -- like the ACLJ or FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education -- might be a place to lend your support and/or money. You don't have to win elections and get majority votes to have an effect. Some well-done, totally legal lawfare can force changes.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:51 AM (ZPrif)

125 Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 01:50 PM (APuJ7)


Icky?

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 09:51 AM (kXoT0)

126 VERY SELECTIVE DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH -The Left

Posted by: --- at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (MMC8r)

127 This actually racism. It's white people they don't want to hire.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (bitz6)

128 111 I'm not sure what they would mean by Christian/non-Christian. Whether a person is a Christian or not is a matter of the heart not of appearance. Are white people of European descent considered to be Christian? Are people who celebrate Christmas and Easter considered to be Christian? I note there are more professing Christians in Africa than Europe. I also point out a significant percentage of American blacks identify as Christian. So I guess that somebody needs to begin a job interview by praising Allah or Beelzebub. Long winded way of saying the policy is stupid. Posted by: Northernlurker at March 19, 2014 01:49 PM (shNkh) ****************** that brings up a good point -- wouldn't it be illegal or something short of that--discriminatory hiring practice--to ask them what religion they are during an interview?

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (RJMhd)

129 104 This is the kind of policy that shows we are too polarized to ever be a cross-the-aisle type of country. That's over. Positions are too far apart. Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 01:48 PM (A98Xu) No need to thank us!

Posted by: Lying Fucking Media at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (DYtdE)

130 Just kidding! They're just Christian-hating libs. That's the nail on the head, chique. The Left overlooks the misogynist, homophobic tenets of the Religion of Pieces for the sole purpose of sticking it to Christians.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (7ObY1)

131 I wondered why the Ferndale SD had a lot of people from South Boston. During the interviews they kept saying wicked and the interviewer thought they were saying Wiccan.

Posted by: Kosher Sizer at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (ODaO0)

132 The meatballs on the guy!

Posted by: garrett at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (Hjl1w)

133 wouldn't it be illegal or something short of that--discriminatory hiring practice--to ask them what religion they are during an interview?


It's actually very illegal to ask that question, among others.


Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (GQ8sn)

134 So Anton Levey has a better chance of getting a job in this district than Sister Mary. Just further proof that this country's screwed.

Posted by: Motorhead at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (y9dfJ)

135 One of the Horde should apply sporting all of the above plus a crucifix & a hijab.

Posted by: votermom at March 19, 2014 01:48 PM (GSIDW)



The COEXIST tattoo should do the trick!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (o3MSL)

136 125 Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom? Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 01:50 PM (APuJ7) Icky? --- "Faggots", as in the traditional Western England and Welsh dish of "faggots and peas".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (APuJ7)

137 44 Ah, but one group tend to wear their religion on their face. Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 01:40 PM (ZPrif) Damn Amish with their beards and bonnets.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (BpJvy)

138 Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom?

Ewe?

Posted by: no good deed at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (vBhbc)

139 Shouldn't Christians in Michigan be forced to wear a cross so we know who they are?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 19, 2014 09:52 AM (P1WNR)

140

Flounder:

 

Thanks good to know.  This provision cannot be enforced, you cannot even ask someone's religion in an interview.  I do not know how this would be enforced.

 

So if you're a buttfucker, it's front of the class, shit, teach the class, but if you're just a Christian it's fuck you.

 

Noted.  My response.  Fuck you.  War.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 09:53 AM (tVTLU)

141 Co2 EXISTS!

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:53 AM (7ObY1)

142 C O E X I S Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 01:51 PM (IXrOn) Spelling brought to you by a Michigan teacher.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2014 09:53 AM (r+7wo)

143 So, essentially, affirmative action applies to anyone who isn't white, Christian, and, of course, a man. If you're a WASP or, worse, a WASPy man these days, just don't even bother trying to argue for your rights.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 19, 2014 09:53 AM (DmNpO)

144 139 Shouldn't Christians in Michigan be forced to wear a cross so we know who they are? --- In that school district, I'm taking a guess there are a lot of rainbows and pink triangles being displayed.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (APuJ7)

145 138 Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom? I'm-a go with "faggots."

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (7ObY1)

146 MR. GRANT:  What religion are you?

MARY RICHARDS:  I don't know how to say this, but you're not allowed to ask that.

MR. GRANT:  Wanna call a cop?  What's your age?

MARY RICHARDS:  Presbyterian.


Posted by: Lady in Black at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (22bm2)

147 The COEXIST tattoo should do the trick! Posted by: Hrothgar at March 19, 2014 01:52 PM (o3MSL) Without the T, see #123

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (IXrOn)

148 The text says 'the' non-Christian faith, not 'a' non-Christian faith.

Posted by: says a lot at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (6Z9cJ)

149 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 01:50 PM (da5Wo) They're just following the university model. Which, as it has been explained to me, is basically this. Except they don't only invoke it when "all other things are equal." Did I mention I can't find academic work?

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (HDwDg)

150 So you have to be Jewish to teach in Michigan? Who knew?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (oMKp3)

151 This is from Idaho: Direct Discrimination Direct discrimination means different or “disparate” treatment between applicants because of some type of classification. Example- when persons are treated differently because of their race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin or disability. Title VII and the IHRA prohibit purposeful or direct discrimination. As a result of those laws both blacks and whites can be victims of race discrimination, and both women and men can be victims of sex discrimination. Title VII and the IHRA prohibit discrimination in all areas of the employment relationship between the employer and the employee including hiring, firing, promotions, wages, job assignments, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment. All private employers with 15 or more employees, as well as all federal, state and local government employers are subject to Title VII’s discrimination prohibitions. All private employers with five or more employees, as well as all employers who contract with the state are subject to the IHRA. The bottom line for Idaho employers is that with the limited exception of bona fide occupational qualifications (explained in the “Commonly Asked Questions” section of this pamphlet), a person should not be hired or rejected because of his or her race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin or disability. http://labor.idaho.gov/lawintvw3.pdf

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (RJMhd)

152 Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 01:50 PM (APuJ7)

Faggot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (kXoT0)

153 Every white person should claim they are hispanic on their mother's side. Your name can by William Covington III, just say your maternal side was Cuban. The Diversity Nazis have no way to stop you from checking the hispanic box. The system is designed to screw over whites, nothing wrong with screwing them back.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:54 AM (ZPrif)

154 Do they check you for magic underwear?

When I went to BYU there was a rumor that girls were doing this.

Background:  Typically a Mormon guy will go to BYU for a year, then go on his mission.  Before going on his mission he becomes "endowed" (gets his magic underwear to you). 

So girls that are looking for a guy who is a returned missionary were rumored to put their hand on a guy's lower thigh with the purpose of feeling for the hemline of the garment. 

IE "checking for magic underwear".

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (P7Wsr)

155 Shall I continue?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 01:50 PM (da5Wo)



Oh, you're preaching to the choir,    my friend.   It's just    that this is so blatantly illegal on its face to anyone who has even a passing familiarity with the concept of "discrimination" that it's ridiculous.      Mouthbreathing   LIVs   don't know jack about     the legality or illegality of recess appointments   made when the Congress isn't actually in recess,   or   why the Preezy isn't supposed to make law on his own without Congress,   or   why the Individual Mandate is   a    pile of horseshit.


But if you say to a person on the street,   "This    public school    says that      they're   going discriminate    on hiring   based on a person's religion,"      even   the most   idiotic   LIV is going to say,  "Uhhhh...   der?   Wha'?    Isn't that illegal?"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (4df7R)

156 pink triangles being displayed. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 01:54 PM (APuJ7) We talking lipstick or bull? Cause it makes a difference.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (da5Wo)

157 145 138 Trivia question - Know what the name of meatballs made from lesser-used meats and offal is called in the United Kingdom? I'm-a go with "faggots." --- Correct. This made for a bit of cross-cultural fun when our bus driver in the UK was talking about how he'd driven around a bunch of US soldiers recently and when the subject of "faggots" came up, the bus driver mentioned he'd eaten a whole bunch of them recently.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (APuJ7)

158 The lesson here is: wear a burka to the interview.

also, sock off.

Posted by: West at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (1Rgee)

159 This is just a logical extension of affirmative action. Think about it; its just trying to make sure the non-majority gains preferences when it comes to hiring. Yes, its a direct and deliberate attack on Christianty and yes, given that its Michigan a deliberate and direct pro-Muslim sentiment.
But really, this is simply following through on the logic of affirmative action. Name a majority group, it should be discriminated against in the name of fairness. That's what A A is all about.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (zfY+H)

160 C O E X I S Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 01:51 PM (IXrOn) Spelling brought to you by a Michigan teacher. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2014 01:53 PM (r+7wo) In case people did not know, the missing "T" is the cross on the original...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (IXrOn)

161 3. What do you call the time period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? - Cinco de quatro.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2014 09:55 AM (qXA/N)

162 Posted by: Lady in Black at March 19, 2014 01:54 PM (22bm2) I remember that. Funny episode.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (oMKp3)

163 Did I mention I can't find academic work?

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 01:54 PM (HDwDg)



If you start advocating that all climate change deniers need to be jailed or killed, you may be able to swing a tenured professorship!

Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (GQ8sn)

164 This actually racism. It's white people they don't want to hire.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 01:52 PM (bitz6)



Except that     there are a LOT of   hispanics    and    blacks   who are practicing Christians.   A LOT.   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (4df7R)

165 >>Before going on his mission he becomes "endowed" No need to put your hand on my hemline, I was born endowed.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (g1DWB)

166 White Christians Need Not Apply. Think Kinko's can print that up for me?

Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (fWAjv)

167 Isn't this the point where we have to keep an open mind with these sort of actions and hope, against all hope, that the Ferndale religious rights trampling committee will feel we are acting in good faith.

Posted by: ejo at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (GXvSO)

168 Guy I knew in college was blonde-haired and blue-eyed --- got a full ride scholarship cause he was hispanic. Pretty sure his grandpa was a nazi who fled to Argentina and changed his name. Then his father came to America, then he got to claim he was an oppressed hispanic.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (ZPrif)

169 In case people did not know, the missing "T" is the cross on the original... Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 01:55 PM (IXrOn) Ah. Very clever, ma'am.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (r+7wo)

170

Around here we don't bother with making meatballs. I have a killer recipe for  spaghetti and mountain oysters. Pretty seasonal, usually only in the spring when the oysters are ripe for cutting.

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (xWW96)

171 I have dark brown hair and was Spanish immersed for a couple of years. I've toyed with the idea of claiming Hispanic for my Master's degree applications. Posted by: bonhomme Sadly, I know someone who has got plum jobs and fast-track promotions and now earns a huge salary at an elite institution based exactly on your strategy. She is 1/8 "Hispanic." Luckily for her, that one-eighth is her paternal great-grandfather. Hence: Last name that ends in "-ez." Despite this, she grew up in a completely Jewish household (dad knocked up mom and skipped town during the pregnancy, taking all traces of Hispanic heritage with him; mom later married Jew-style). But 18 years later when the time came for getting into college and then employment, my friend "played the Hispanic card" to the hilt, even to the extent of dying her hair darker. Her name and her hair color were a passport to endless admissions, scholarships, hirings, awards, promotions, etc. I am so repulsed by all this it's all I can do to not explode. I keep her as a friend almost solely to watch and document the corrupt system she abuses.

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 09:56 AM (mizYg)

172 148 The text says 'the' non-Christian faith, not 'a' non-Christian faith. Posted by: says a lot at March 19, 2014 01:54 PM (6Z9cJ) ************ Ha! So the Hindus are out!

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (RJMhd)

173 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 19, 2014 01:55 PM (4df7R) No your average LIV will say "what a great move for diversity!" Because that is where we stand (sadly) these days.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (HDwDg)

174

>>>Meatball-Like Behavior Syndrome

 

 

It was *that* guy's fault!

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (3ZtZW)

175 Coexis' yo

Posted by: Ebonics Coexist at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (zfY+H)

176

There is an all out war on Christianity.  Why do we back down from this.  Why don't we say fuck you and get in their faces.

 

Nuns who give their time to the elderly poor are being run out of this country BY THESE FUCKING PUSSY COMMIE TYRANTS AND WE DO NOTHING BUT FUCKING SIT THERE AND DEBATE CALMLY. 

 

HOWZ ABOUT MAKING SOME FUCKING NOISE OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT.  HOWZ ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, INTERRUPTING THE IRS FOR A WHILE.  HOWZ ABOUT WE ALL BROWSE THE OBAMACARE WEBSITE AND CRASH THE FUCKER.

 

Caps off, rage still on.  When is there a time for civil disobedience?  What will be the straw that breaks?

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (tVTLU)

177 Wait, isn't the LGBT platform and the non christian hire platform (assuming they include muslims) at cross purposes? Could it be this neighborhood school board is just really stupid? (besides discriminatory)

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (A98Xu)

178 I came for the meat...

but stayed for the balls.

Posted by: Jason Collins at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (08Wlc)

179 So can you go with non-non-christans?

Posted by: --- at March 19, 2014 09:57 AM (MMC8r)

180 They only hire people of the Atheist Faith.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (bitz6)

181 Michigan, eh?  Where Dearbornistan is located?  Hmmmmmmm. 

Mommy:  "What did you learn today in school, Johnny?"

Johny:      "By the words of the Prophet Muhammed, Peace Be Unto Him, You Kuffar whore, cover your face lest Billy, Joey and I stone you to death!"

Posted by: eureka! at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (06U7A)

182 180 They only hire people of the Atheist Faith. --- The Militant Athiests of America - We don't believe in anybody and neither do you!

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (APuJ7)

183 " I have dark brown hair and was Spanish immersed for a couple of years. I've toyed with the idea of claiming Hispanic for my Master's degree applications."
That would be simply outrageous and wrong, to falsify racial background for personal gain!

Posted by: Elizabeth "Fauxahontas" Warren at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (zfY+H)

184 Did I mention I can't find academic work? Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 01:54 PM (HDwDg) *** Have you considered moving for a job or are you too ingrained in your community?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (DmNpO)

185 123

C O E X I S

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 01:51 PM (IXrOn)


*****

Well played.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (vgIRn)

186 They only hire saints of the church of Global Warming.

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (xWW96)

187 Coexis' yo Posted by: Ebonics Coexist at March 19, 2014 01:57 PM (zfY+H) Even the Coexist'ers are being shunned.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (IXrOn)

188 If you start advocating that all climate change deniers need to be jailed or killed, you may be able to swing a tenured professorship! Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 01:56 PM (GQ8sn) I considered just putting on a persona of a generic progtard and rolling with that for a few years, get a job, maybe tenure then be like "idiots, I was a Trojan horse" But it's too much work, and I really don't want to argue for the other side.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 09:58 AM (HDwDg)

189 So if you haven't been to church since someone tricked you into it several years ago?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (bitz6)

190 Shouldn't Christians in Michigan be forced to wear a cross so we know who they are?

Maybe big yellow ones, sewn onto their clothes?

Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (ZKzrr)

191 Meatballs are tasty. We should have Meatball Day here at AoShq.Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 19, 2014 01:48 PM (r7mtu)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQhwNtY3N2k


Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (51wwJ)

192 140 Flounder:

Thanks good to know. This provision cannot be enforced, you cannot even ask someone's religion in an interview.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 01:53 PM (tVTLU)


To be clear, this wasn't intended as a slam to Gabe.  It's just to point out that there are those that define "judicial activism" as going beyond mere interpretation of laws and application of precedent to facts, or legislating from the bench, as it were, and there are those that attribute "judicial activism" to any decision in a controversy, even those other than borderline, because they don't like the outcome.

Posted by: flounder at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (Kkt/i)

193 those of the non Christian faith So atheists and agnostics--kiss that Michigan Ferndale teaching job--good bye!

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (RJMhd)

194 180 They only hire people of the Atheist Faith. Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 01:58 PM (bitz6) That may be offensive to the people of unidentified religion. Wouldn't it be fun to see that clash?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (r+7wo)

195 190 Shouldn't Christians in Michigan be forced to wear a cross so we know who they are? Maybe big yellow ones, sewn onto their clothes? --- You know, the Nazis made Jews wear pieces of flair...

Posted by: Peter Gibbons at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (APuJ7)

196 Tony Soprano: But on your application to Columbia, you didn't check Jewish, did you? Noah Tannenbaum: No, they can't ask about religious affiliation. Tony Soprano: Oh, right, right, of course. (beat) What did you check? Noah Tannenbaum: African- American. Tony Soprano: So, we do understand each other here? You're a ditsoon. Noah Tannenbaum (pretty sure he's being insulted): Excuse me? Tony Soprano: A charcoal briquette, a moolinyan.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 19, 2014 09:59 AM (7ObY1)

197 "Caps off, rage still on. When is there a time for civil disobedience? What will be the straw that breaks?"
As long as the internet still functions, as long as people have an illusion of having a voice, having freedom, and having entertainment for cheap through the net, nothing will be done. Its the ultimate bread and circuses.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (zfY+H)

198 1. i have no idea what meatball thing means.
2.  should  those christians  walking around be demanded to clearly state what religion they are?
with an emblem or some other identifying  sign?3. i mean how will they know if a nefarious christian type slip under their radar ?
4. it's obvious we need clarity on whom we are dealing with at all times. yes?

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (nqBYe)

199 So Anton Levey has a better chance of getting a job in this district than Sister Mary. Just further proof that this country's screwed.

Posted by: Motorhead at March 19, 2014 01:52 PM (y9dfJ)

 

I can't get a job.  I'm dead.  I can, however, still vote for Democrats, so there's that.

Posted by: Zombie Anton LeVey at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (O66NZ)

200 Yeah, the main target here is white people. Targeting Christians is a bonus. White people are systematically discriminated against by the government. And it continues because white people are trained from birth that it is racist for them to stand up and object to be discriminated against for being white. If you object to being discriminated against for being white, you are immediately labeled a racist and wannabe Klansmen screaming about "White Pride!". Nobody wants to be accused of that, so they just keep quiet and try to route around the systematic government discrimination. Affirmative Action has been the law of the land since 1971. We are almost 45 years into the Affirmative Action era. Jim Crow only lasted 80 years.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (ZPrif)

201 My Siamese cat, Meatball, is disgusted by this thread and demands an apology

Posted by: Dick (@DicksTrash) at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (GrtrJ)

202 Except that there are a LOT of hispanics and blacks who are practicing Christians. A LOT.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 19, 2014 01:56 PM (4df7R)


Yes, try telling Conchita Gonzales, whose brother is a Priest and whose Aunt is a nun, that you are not going to hire her caramel colored self because she is a Christian. 


Or tell Loretta Smith, whose grandfather founded the local AME church and who is the lead soprano in the choir, that you are not going to hire her beautiful Black self because she is a Christian.


Go ahead, I will be over here popping corn.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (kXoT0)

203 I'd sooner finish my T reports then wear some flair.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 10:00 AM (bitz6)

204 Have you considered moving for a job or are you too ingrained in your community? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 19, 2014 01:58 PM (DmNpO) My wife is employed in a very specific field. Plus we own a house. This cuts down on the ability to move greatly. Having said that, my conservative friends have put on national searches as well, and they only recently found work. One of those was just a Post-Doc fellowship, so it's "work" in the broadest sense if he can't find a way to turn it into a professorship. The liberals do somewhat better it seems. But that could just be my seething anger (but it's probably not.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (HDwDg)

205 Kosher meatballs? Halal meatballs? What is a Christian meatball?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (IXrOn)

206 Tony Soprano: A charcoal briquette, a moolinyan. --- So that makes you... part eggplant!

Posted by: Clifford Worley at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (APuJ7)

207 176 There is an all out war on Christianity. Why do we back down from this. Why don't we say fuck you and get in their faces. I can only answer for myself, but my faith doesn't much go in for the fuck you get in their faces thing. I don't condemn those who do. I just don't think this is the way of Jesus. This is not said for anyone but myself.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (oMKp3)

208 160 C O E X I S In case people did not know, the missing "T" is the cross on the original... Posted by: artisanal 'e Touché! (Or should I say, "_Ouché!")

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (mizYg)

209 I dunno what "Meatball behavior means," but it just doesn't matter.

It just doesn't matter.

It just doesn't matter.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (vgIRn)

210 198 1. i have no idea what meatball thing means. ************* willow-- Meatball = CAC

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (RJMhd)

211 So, Catholics that believe in abortion like Nancy Pelosi are A-OK, I'm guessing?

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (CesFO)

212 AtC and MWR put up links and I look at 'em (the links) and I think "mama mia, thatsa spicy meatball!"

Posted by: mrp at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (JBggj)

213 so if Obama stated he was a christian should he have been allowed a position?
under these terms I'd say that's a big NO.

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:01 AM (nqBYe)

214 My Siamese cat, Meatball, is disgusted by this thread and demands an apology Posted by: Dick (@DicksTrash) at March 19, 2014 02:00 PM (GrtrJ) toss him a meatball, then all will be forgotten

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 10:02 AM (IXrOn)

215 Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 02:00 PM (nqBYe) The meatball is CAC who has been moonlighting at "The Federalist" with all his good posts.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 10:02 AM (HDwDg)

216 so when Michelle was speaking to crowds of public service she actually meant 'christians need not apply?'

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:02 AM (nqBYe)

217 Ferndale, pop. 19900, fancies itself the LGBT capital of Michigan, though Saugatuck certainly must give it a fair run for its money. The Detroit Gay Pride impedimenta all moved there. They've had an "open" mayor. Major "Pride" installation there, at Woodward and 9 Mile.

Hometown of Dana Elcar, who was so good as the is-he-or-isn't-he FBI agent in The Sting, and to one of the Insane Clown Posse.

But this is a poke in the eye to Michael Voris, conservative catholic activist, who is headquartered there. No doubt about it.

Lots of conservative catholics here. Anyone in the Voris circle enough to check in?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 19, 2014 10:02 AM (xq1UY)

218 Does this mean that I can still use my EBT card to buy cigarettes and beer?

Posted by: Low Information Voter at March 19, 2014 10:02 AM (pmsMR)

219 tsrblke, oh.. ok ty

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (nqBYe)

220 I tell them that I'm a 1-legged Polynesian transgender lesbian.
When they point out I have 2 legs, I tell them I have a magic crystal that I rub. When they tell me that I look like Eric the Red's grandfather, I tell them I identify as Polynesian.
When they me that I seem obviously (even overtly) male, I tell them that I'm a male lesbian.
When they tell me I can't be a male lesbian, I accuse them of discrimination, because none of it has to make any sense.
Cultural Marxism.

Posted by: Repenting, having been accused of being too glib at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (1/4XQ)

221 And the people selected for diversity over qualifications will be teaching your kids.

Posted by: --- at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (MMC8r)

222 Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 02:01 PM (oMKp3) It time to Pimp Benjamin Wiker's "Worshipping the State" again! Although honestly I'm not sure how he intends on fixing the problem. I want government so small that it can no longer enable this kinda shit personally.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (HDwDg)

223 Except that there are a LOT of hispanics and blacks who are practicing Christians. A LOT. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 19, 2014 01:56 PM (4df7R) Hispanic and black Christians make the cut.

Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (fWAjv)

224 Soon there will be heretics only signs on the water fountains.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (bitz6)

225 What's the problem here?

Posted by: Liawatha at March 19, 2014 10:03 AM (Kkt/i)

226 one of the Insane Clown Posse. --- I think this explains the Eminem diss track on the ICP where he talks about "how you call yourselves clowns because you look queer".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 19, 2014 10:04 AM (APuJ7)

227

>>>I'm talking something so rebellious it makes the Occutards look mainstream.

>>>I wear a cross.

 

Are you black? Becoz then it doesn't count.

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at March 19, 2014 10:04 AM (3ZtZW)

228 >>i have no idea what meatball thing means. When CAC thread stomped ace once upon a time, ace referred to him as Meatball. He became a bigger Meatball when he posted an election thread at the Federalist instead of here. Thus, when a poster here decides to post on another site he is exhibiting Meatball Like Behavior.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 19, 2014 10:04 AM (g1DWB)

229 The meatball is CAC who has been moonlighting at "The Federalist" with all his good posts.

Gabe's the loaf of ungrateful bread, which is why I ultimately like him, even though we disagree a lot.

Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 10:04 AM (ZKzrr)

230 It's illegal to discriminate against blacks and Hispanics.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 10:04 AM (bitz6)

231

204 Gettin' purt nar impossible to get a job as a teacher in socal if you're white

Blacks beginning to get crowded out too

Importation of huge amounts of hispanics creates a huge demand for services in spanish

Posted by: MAx at March 19, 2014 10:04 AM (b7yum)

232 The collective intelligence of government is inversely proportional to it's size. That is, The bigger it's ass, the smaller it's brain.

Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2014 10:05 AM (xWW96)

233 They're not really discriminating, they're merely giving a preference for those who are not straight white male Christians. Because they're oppressors who deserve to be discriminated against in favor of anyone else. Sure, straight white male Christians only represent about 27% of the population, they're the wrong minority.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 19, 2014 10:05 AM (SY2Kh)

234 I know several people who live in Michigan (one in the Detroit area) who would love to leave but own a home and they would NEVER be able to sell it. They just can't eat that cost. It took one of them 2 years to find a job, and he literally tried everywhere. He was shopping for jobs out of the state entirely.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 10:05 AM (zfY+H)

235 It's not what I was expecting, given that Dearbornistan is in the neighborhood. I wonder when those two sides will finally clash. Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 01:44 PM (GQ8sn) They won't.... just like the Femi Nazis, they Gays will only go after those who they believe will not fight back... We White Folks of Christian heritage, in America, have been trained that we are not supposed to fight back.... hell we are not even supposed to get upset... The 'Turn the other cheek' meme which really got rolling in the early 1900s... added to the school programming of "its never OK to fight, even to hit back'... has trained us not to fight back. It has allowed the powerless, to use their weakness, to bully us. I, for one, am done with that idea...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 19, 2014 10:05 AM (84gbM)

236 The story has been updated to reflect a return response from the Ferndale school system. A spokeswoman from Ferndale Public Schools, who responded after the story's original posting, said the district does not discriminate when hiring. "The district appreciates your bringing this antiquated language to our attention. The timing is perfect since Ferndale Public Schools just completed bargaining and, with the advice of our legal counsel and approval from the district EA (union) representative, this language will be deleted from new contracts," said Shelley Yorke Rose, a spokeswoman for the district. "Unfortunately, there are no employees in the district who have been here long enough to explain the origins of the language, which we estimate to have been inserted between 1976-79. "Please note that the district does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion or other related issues," she said.

Posted by: Jen at March 19, 2014 10:05 AM (spyQE)

237 As long as the internet still functions, as long as people have an illusion of having a voice, having freedom, and having entertainment for cheap through the net, nothing will be done. Its the ultimate bread and circuses. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 02:00 PM (zfY+H) There is a certain amount of truth in that.

Posted by: Your super-cool UN! at March 19, 2014 10:05 AM (DYtdE)

238 Gabe's the loaf of ungrateful bread, which is why I ultimately like him, even though we disagree a lot. Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 02:04 PM (ZKzrr) For all I disagree with Gabe, I give him huge props for 2 things: 1) actually reading that in it's entirety. 2) Staying on the contraceptive mandate issue like white on rice.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 10:06 AM (HDwDg)

239 Hey H8ters.....Obama made his 4 picks for college b-ball.  You'd think you would thank him!

Posted by: Cheri at March 19, 2014 10:06 AM (G+Wff)

240 Friend of mine did some hiring recently. He was part of the group evaluating the candidates. His boss, a white woman, openly said she wanted to make sure the new employee wasn't a white man. The boss screened the applicants to a final 3, then a small committe ranked the final 3. The boss openly said she screened out all the white men. The final 3 were a hispanic woman, a black woman, and a white woman. The black woman was hired. She was the most qualified of the 3 on paper. My friend did manage to see some of the rejected white guy resumes. Almost all were more qualified than any of the 3 final candidates. His boss (this was a private company) didn't hide her open racial and gender discrimination. She was proud of it. She was bragging. She told people because she was expecting praise for being so progressive. (Oh, they had to fire the black woman after 6 months cause it turned out she'd lied on her resume and she didn't have the experience necessary to do the job and was in way over her head. For 6 months my friend had to do most of her work cause she just didn't know how to do it. She was really nice, he said, she just clearly had lied about having years of experience in the field.)

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 10:06 AM (ZPrif)

241 I saw Meatball-Like Behavior Syndrome open for Guns N Roses in '87...

Posted by: wytshus at March 19, 2014 10:06 AM (DErq5)

242 Guy I knew in college was blonde-haired and blue-eyed --- got a full ride scholarship cause he was hispanic.

Pretty sure his grandpa was a nazi who fled to Argentina and changed his name. Then his father came to America, then he got to claim he was an oppressed hispanic.

I've told this story before, but I knew a guy Freshman year who had a full-ride with a low 2.something GPA.  He lived in Hawaii and had a Hawaiian-sounding last name.  He chose not to declare his "race" on the application.  Funny thing though, blonde hair blue eyed guy with Nordic ancestry.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 10:06 AM (P7Wsr)

243 When they tell me that I look like Eric the Red's grandfather, I tell them I identify as Polynesian.

I like that.  I should start checking "Other", since that's how I identify.

Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 10:07 AM (ZKzrr)

244 Gabe's the loaf of ungrateful bread, which is why I ultimately like him, even though we disagree a lot. Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 02:04 PM (ZKzrr) I thought he was an asshole? I've seen video that says that.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 10:07 AM (da5Wo)

245 Except that there are a LOT of hispanics and blacks who are practicing Christians. A LOT.


Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 19, 2014 01:56 PM (4df7R)

well sure but they are also a detestable christians, apparently.

guess religion , sex, ethnicity, are now to go for topics in all public services.


christian. sorry we have no positions open for you.

sorry christian is a deal breaker

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:07 AM (nqBYe)

246 "Unfortunately, there are no employees in the district who have been here long enough to explain the origins of the language, which we estimate to have been inserted between 1976-79. "

Well, that explains it.  Blame the 70s ... The Meatball Decade.

Posted by: mrp at March 19, 2014 10:07 AM (JBggj)

247 we estimate to have been inserted between 1976-79. *facepalm*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 19, 2014 10:07 AM (DYtdE)

248 Meatball = CAC
Overrun by plaid-clad stoners

Posted by: fluffy at March 19, 2014 10:07 AM (Ua6T/)

249 Hispanic and black Christians make the cut.

Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 02:03 PM (fWAjv)



Not over a  black muslim or   hispanic atheist.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 10:08 AM (4df7R)

250 237 That's crazy talk.  Now back to our 25-hour-a-day obsession with speculating about some plane on the other side of the world...

Posted by: MAx at March 19, 2014 10:08 AM (b7yum)

251 Posted by: Jen at March 19, 2014 02:05 PM (spyQE) Well then, that's that.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 10:08 AM (A98Xu)

252 When in doubt -- BLAME THE '70s!!!

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 10:08 AM (mizYg)

253 "His boss, a white woman, openly said she wanted to make sure the new employee wasn't a white man."
I've worked with a few people like that in the past. A hispanic guy that would only hire hispanics because he was "helping his people," women who only hired women (they were less vocal about it, but only hired women in practice).
Both of them would have been removed from work and likely faced prosecution were they doing it for white males.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 10:08 AM (zfY+H)

254 This is soft persecution. This has been going on for 20 centuries. BFD. The used to chop heads off Christians in some countries many many years ago. As Obama tells us that is old s___ and would never happen now. Right? Right?

Posted by: Havildar - Major at March 19, 2014 10:09 AM (kduZC)

255 so

Cac=posting cheater= meatball

fer shame!

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:09 AM (nqBYe)

256 Gabe's the loaf of ungrateful bread, which is why I ultimately like him, even though we disagree a lot. Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 02:04 PM (ZKzrr) Who's the aged cheese, then?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 10:10 AM (IXrOn)

257 Rich, white Cameron Diaz would qualify as 'hispanic.'

Posted by: --- at March 19, 2014 10:10 AM (MMC8r)

258 When in doubt --


BLAME THE '70s!!!

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 02:08 PM (mizYg)



It   does tend to cover a lot of bases, I find....

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 19, 2014 10:10 AM (4df7R)

259 Who's the aged cheese, then?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 02:10 PM (IXrOn)


we can be rather cheesy in our comments.

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:11 AM (nqBYe)

260 I call bs. I don't recall any overt movement on the 1970s to specifically exclude Christians from anything. How could that language have been there for four decades without anyone noticing it?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 10:11 AM (oMKp3)

261 Progressive Fallback Blame Triage List: 1. Racism! 2. Koch Bros. 3. BUSH! 4. Neo-Cons 5. Rush Limbaugh 6. Reagan 7. ....and when all else fails... The '70s!

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 10:11 AM (mizYg)

262 Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 19, 2014 02:06 PM (ZPrif) We just hired a new professor, and during the interview process one of our crazier students was gushing over the only woman to be interviewed (and IIRC the only woman applicant?) In any case she kept saying "We need you here! We need more woman perspectives." Even though we have 3 of 6 faculty who are women now. I spoke with a professor on the hiring panel (who was a woman) who agreed, this lady's presentation sucked (she seemed not to know her topic at all), she didn't show any interest in the job at all, and she seemed confused by the position in general. This was apparently the common thoughts of the panel. And yet, our student was impressed because "XX chromosomes."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 19, 2014 10:12 AM (HDwDg)

263 I tried identifying as Feline-American for awhile.  Cis-cats are extremely bigoted toward trans-cats.  No acceptance whatsoever.

Posted by: HR at March 19, 2014 10:12 AM (ZKzrr)

264 255 so Cac=posting cheater= meatball fer shame! Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 02:09 PM (nqBYe) Sorta. CAC = meatball, CAC = posting at other places, so posting at other places = meatball like. The Meatball thing is hysterical. Ace and CAC actually got into a stomping war one afternoon. Repeatedly stomped each other. There were like 10 posts in an hour.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 10:12 AM (da5Wo)

265 Did we just get outraged for nothing? THAT PISSES ME OFF!

Posted by: Seems legit at March 19, 2014 10:12 AM (A98Xu)

266 Unfortunately, there are no employees in the district who have been here long enough to explain the origins of the language,

That Constitution is like 100 years old too. Think a read-through is in order?

I ain't buyin it. In the contract for 35 years, and it's never been the subject, enabling language for, or source of a grievance? Never noted in newspapers when it first came up? No policy or goal statement based on it? A good lawyer would find that.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 19, 2014 10:12 AM (xq1UY)

267 This story really goes well with a side of Principal Fired After Asking Students to Speak English.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 10:12 AM (IXrOn)

268 http://labor.idaho.gov/lawintvw3.pdf

Posted by: tasker at March 19, 2014 01:54 PM (RJMhd)



I laugh at your laws!

Posted by: Eric Holder at March 19, 2014 10:13 AM (o3MSL)

269 Not over a black muslim or hispanic atheist. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 19, 2014 02:08 PM (4df7R) Definitely not. I was just saying that there is only one category off-limits for hiring. The evil oppressive white Christian.

Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 10:13 AM (fWAjv)

270

>>>But it's too much work, and I really don't want to argue for the other side.

 

Doll up a resume with things like Stripminer and Seal-clubber. Put on your cover letter that you had a change of heart.

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at March 19, 2014 10:14 AM (3ZtZW)

271 Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 02:11 PM (oMKp3)


The progs have been in this business for a looong time!

Posted by: Eric Holder at March 19, 2014 10:14 AM (o3MSL)

272 If you want to destroy any enterprise:
(1) Unionize the workers, and
(2) Hire and promote except by merit.
The Glorious People's Soviet will rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes of destruction to perfect Human Nature through regulation and the enlightened actions of apparatchiks.

Posted by: Repenting, having been accused of being too glib at March 19, 2014 10:14 AM (1/4XQ)

273 Yet employers cannot give applicants an aptitude test.

SMOD take us away.

Posted by: phreshone at March 19, 2014 10:14 AM (Q6pxP)

274 I probably have missed something, but what the devil is 'meatball-like behavior'?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 19, 2014 10:14 AM (l3vZN)

275 Just say that there are two standards. Like for college admissions. Everyone knows the truth.

Posted by: NCKate at March 19, 2014 10:14 AM (y7PFk)

276 The Protocols of the Elders of Ferndale

Posted by: --- at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (MMC8r)

277 Check Israelite.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (bitz6)

278 I'm wondering if there are even a million Hispanic atheists.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (zfY+H)

279 All your meatballs are belong to us. Too soon?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (1hM1d)

280 261 Progressive Fallback Blame Triage List: 1. Racism! 2. Koch Bros. 3. BUSH! 3a. Joooooooooooos!!!1111!! 4. Neo-Cons 5. Rush Limbaugh 6. Reagan 7. ....and when all else fails... The '70s! Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 02:11 PM (mizYg) 3a. Joooooooooooos!!!1111!!

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (DYtdE)

281 Oh, there's nothing I love more than some nice, meaty balls.

Posted by: Ambiguously Gay Richard Simmons at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (08Wlc)

282 a write in Tea Party candidate Scott Wagner won a Pennsylvania senate seat as a write-in candidate. Scott Wagner's presumed win a historic first Wagner, who owns a trash compactor business, ran on a typical Tea Party small-government/fiscal conservativism ticket. He attributed his win in great part to the relentlessly negative attacks on him by the local and state GOP party establishments thegatewaypundit

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 19, 2014 10:15 AM (IXrOn)

283 Well, certainly fucked that up.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (DYtdE)

284

Grammie:  That's because you're way too nice.

 

But what would you have done to stop the horrors of the last century?

 

When nuns are under attack, it's time to pay attention.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (tVTLU)

285 wait, didn't ace cheat on us at Breitbart?

Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (nqBYe)

286 "Definitely not. I was just saying that there is only one category off-limits for hiring. The evil oppressive white Christian."
They'll hire a Christian white, if the applicant is female (preferably handicapped in some way). Christian white straight male? Absolutely forbidden in every possible sense of the word. Never, ever.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (zfY+H)

287 As Obama tells us that is old s___ and would never happen now. Right? Right? - Just like he'd never pick brackets while Rome burns.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (qXA/N)

288 Nevermind, I found the meatball answer.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (l3vZN)

289 If you want to claim to be a Hispanic, where do you buy those hubcap necklaces?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 10:16 AM (bitz6)

290 I'm wondering if there are even a million Hispanic atheists.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 02:15 PM (zfY+H)


There might be worldwide.  A million whose Mothers and Grandmothers know they are atheists--nope, more like 15 or 20.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 10:17 AM (kXoT0)

291

>>>I can only answer for myself, but my faith doesn't much go in for the fuck you get in their faces thing. I don't condemn those who do. I just don't think this is the way of Jesus. This is not said for anyone but myself.

 

Thought about this. My answer is that the only thing we know Jesus fashioned with his own two hands was a scourge.

Posted by: Bigby's Other Hand at March 19, 2014 10:18 AM (3ZtZW)

292 239 Hey H8ters.....Obama made his 4 picks for college b-ball. You'd think you would thank him! Posted by: Cheri at March 19, 2014 02:06 PM (G+Wff) Thanks Barky, now go fuck your self.

Posted by: Tatoo the Maylasian Government at March 19, 2014 10:18 AM (EYp+q)

293 "Paragraph 35iic: Climate-change deniers, those who use the term 'Obamacare' instead of 'Affordable Care Act,' anyone who donated to Proposition 8 in California, Palin-votin' snowbillies, and Teabaggers will be given 'special consideration' -- and by 'special' we mean 'Sorry, you didn't get the job.' " Ooops -- how'd that clause get in there? IT MUST BE LEFT OVER FROM THE '70s.

Posted by: zombie at March 19, 2014 10:18 AM (mizYg)

294
We seem to be having an outbreak of MLBS (Meatball-Like Behavior Syndrome) at this site.








It's even worse than that.

Meatball = Swedish

Swedish = Filthy Scandi Snow-wops

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 19, 2014 10:18 AM (TIIx5)

295 I see Gabe's Hot Air button still works.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 19, 2014 10:19 AM (VtjlW)

296

Thanks 'ette!!!  Great story.

 

We need to change the leaders we have.  Root and branch!!

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 10:19 AM (tVTLU)

297 285 wait, didn't ace cheat on us at Breitbart? Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 02:16 PM (nqBYe) Still does I believe.

Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 10:19 AM (fWAjv)

298 297 Some people read the posts over there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 19, 2014 10:20 AM (bitz6)

299 211 So, Catholics that believe in abortion like Nancy Pelosi are A-OK, I'm guessing? Posted by: akula51 at March 19, 2014 02:01 PM (CesFO) ------------------------ 213 so if Obama stated he was a christian should he have been allowed a position? under these terms I'd say that's a big NO. Posted by: willow at March 19, 2014 02:01 PM (nqBYe) ---------------------------- Yes, that's a problem the Left is going to have to face in this transitional time. Right now, you have all these devout socialists who find it expedient to call themselves "Christian." I think what they will do --- they are already setting this up --- is to have designated (state-approved) "Christian" churches that will be okay. The churches that follow the historic faith will be designated as "hate groups." Then you can drop the too obviously illegal discrimination against "Christians" and shut out the "haters," the traitors to social justice and human rights. That's the way Hitler and later Stalin did it. The Ferndale, MI way is too clumsy.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 19, 2014 10:20 AM (dfYL9)

300 Noob

Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 19, 2014 10:20 AM (jsWA8)

301 I probably have missed something, but what the devil is 'meatball-like behavior'?

1.  Stomping on an ace post.
2.  Posting at another site that is high-profile.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 19, 2014 10:20 AM (P7Wsr)

302 And yet, our student was impressed because "XX chromosomes." -- Well, did she at least have teh boobehs?

Posted by: votermom at March 19, 2014 10:21 AM (GSIDW)

303 Meathead. Say it, "meathead". Just rolls off the tongue.

Posted by: Mr. Bunker at March 19, 2014 10:21 AM (EYp+q)

304 "Thought about this. My answer is that the only thing we know Jesus fashioned with his own two hands was a scourge."
Other than the 30 years he spent as a carpenter, you mean?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 10:21 AM (zfY+H)

305 Thought about this. My answer is that the only thing we know Jesus fashioned with his own two hands was ascourge. Yes, but that was to purify the Temple and drive out the hypocrites and thieves, and to honor God the Father. It was not to assert His own rights. In fact, when it came time for Him to be accused in court for crimes He did not commit, He didn't even speak one word in His own defense. He willingly laid aside His own rights.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 19, 2014 10:22 AM (oMKp3)

306 295 I see Gabe's Hot Air button still works. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 19, 2014 02:19 PM (VtjlW) I pray that one day I will see a cob on cob fight in a thread. That's what keeps me coming back here. That and the boobs links. Mostly the boobs.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 19, 2014 10:22 AM (da5Wo)

307 The Glorious People's Soviet will rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes of destruction to perfect Human Nature through regulation and the enlightened actions of apparatchiks. Sure as I know anything, I know this - they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'. I aim to misbehave.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at March 19, 2014 10:22 AM (1hM1d)

308 In SERE school i claimed i was a member of "The Church of the Almighty Greenback". I got my asskicked some more.

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 19, 2014 10:22 AM (+2N4E)

309 When I feel brave enough to compare my circumstance now with, say, August 2008, and withstand that vertiginous feeling and the giant sucking sound, I have to recognize that we are at war. The front is everywhere. The enemy is often hidden. And we are under attack nearly constantly, certainly every time there's power to the TV, for example.
So, I buy ammo, practice marksmanship, and stay in shape. I watch my pennies, so to speak, and try to put them into a real store of value against an uncertain future.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/9qop9ok

Posted by: Repenting, but gonna hafta repent harder at March 19, 2014 10:23 AM (1/4XQ)

310 Completely OT, but, an openly gay family member had a birthday recently, so I went to his FB page to wish him a Happy Birthday.  This was a gigantic miscalculation on my part.  I am far from a prude, but, OMG, I saw things that I can't unsee by way of cards and greetings.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 10:23 AM (kXoT0)

311 Michigan, the Sharia State.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 19, 2014 10:24 AM (baL2B)

312 New 2-A post up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 19, 2014 10:26 AM (DmNpO)

313

Sherry McEvil:

 

Indeed.  I love how the gheys acted all offended at Phil Robertson's mention of an anus.  As if they are total prudes and how dare he use such dirty language to describe their activities.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA.  How rich!!  Has anyone here even watch LOGO.   It is not for the timid.  Just the fucking commercials!!

Posted by: prescient11 at March 19, 2014 10:27 AM (tVTLU)

314 290 I'm wondering if there are even a million Hispanic atheists. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 19, 2014 02:15 PM (zfY+H) There might be worldwide. A million whose Mothers and Grandmothers know they are atheists--nope, more like 15 or 20. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 19, 2014 02:17 PM (kXoT0) -------------------------------- What a silly remark! There are, of course, millions of atheist and anti-theist Hispanics worldwide --- from Barcelona to Havana to Mexico City to Buenos Aires.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 19, 2014 10:30 AM (dfYL9)

315 O.K. Confession. I've asked for kosher meals before. O.K. Now that I've gotten that off my chest. You'll never take me alive coppeh!

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 19, 2014 10:38 AM (/rlXg)

316 They just renewed the contract. No lawyers for the union or the school system read this contract prior to renewel? No one, in forty years, thought this clause was problematic? This is what school systems and teacher's unions represent. Most probably didn't have a clue this was illegal and most have probably never read the Constitution or give two figs about it.

Posted by: Jen at March 19, 2014 10:39 AM (spyQE)

317 Hi, I'm here for my interview. My name is Magnolia Wang Running Deer Rodriguez.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 19, 2014 10:40 AM (/rlXg)

318 People say I'm crazy for preparing to move out to the "third world." But there are still places where normal life, as Americans once knew it, still exists. There are still places where angry gays don't go around making life hell for the straights. Where you just don't have to be lectured about diversity every damn day. Where the normal variations in himan thoughts and opinions are not resulting in losing your job, discriminatiry tax enforcement, etc. I am willing to give up some ease and comfort for that. Our great wealth has made it possible for the trash of our society to spend their days dreaming up ways to persecute the rest of us and deprive us of domestic tranquility. Since I can't kill them, all I can do is leave and take what's mine with me. And salute my so-called fellow Americans with my middle finger as the plane takes off.

Posted by: Reactionary at March 19, 2014 10:42 AM (Zy0t6)

319 Interviews are racist. Full of microagression and conducted by someone who is bossy.

Posted by: Jen at March 19, 2014 10:42 AM (spyQE)

320 I lov's me some meaty balls, 

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 19, 2014 10:49 AM (GjPnA)

321 I'm sure it's just a matter of time before "they" decide that if you're a practicing christian, you'll need to register and identify yourself publicly.  Preferably with some sort of armband, or tatoo...

Posted by: Emperor Norton II at March 19, 2014 11:07 AM (MlqTY)

322 what's with this "bossy" thing? Gleeech! That's what they call me whenever I go to that place with the cows and chickens and the milk machines, you know, those people who like Sarah Palin but laugh about Daddy, but I never found out why. What do you think, blog pals?

Posted by: Meggy McCain, 1st and 2nd at March 19, 2014 11:46 AM (bJm7W)

323 yes, and his number shall be six six six, but for YOU, five ninety five on weekends and holidays!

Posted by: Satan at March 19, 2014 11:48 AM (bJm7W)

324 last!

Posted by: Satan at March 19, 2014 11:50 AM (bJm7W)

325 Who ARE these 'non-Christians' to which you refer? At first I thought it was probably Druids, but then I remembered there aren't very many Druids in Wayne, MI (or any other part of MI). It STILL remains very mysterious

Posted by: alwyr at March 19, 2014 11:54 AM (V0j3u)

326 What is "Meatball Like Behavior Syndrome"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2014 12:17 PM (XyM/Y)

327 that's where moochelle says I LIKE MEATBALL.

Posted by: Satan at March 19, 2014 12:37 PM (bJm7W)

328 Non-Christian? How many Jews and Buddhists do they have room for

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 19, 2014 01:14 PM (gkxz4)

329
So much for that pesky Constitutional ban on religious tests for public offices.

Posted by: Brown Line at March 19, 2014 02:07 PM (VrNoa)

330 I've told this story before, but I knew a guy Freshman year who had a full-ride with a low 2.something GPA. He lived in Hawaii and had a Hawaiian-sounding last name. Posted by: bonhomme at March 19, 2014 02:06 PM (P7Wsr) __________________ 'Obama' is an HAWAIIAN name??? Well, knock me over with a feather!!!

Posted by: alwyr at March 19, 2014 02:38 PM (V0j3u)

331 Remember, only Christians can be bigots who discriminate, and thus must be removed from power and discriminated against in order to end discrimination!!1!

Posted by: Leftist Atheits (who will be beheaded last) at March 19, 2014 04:52 PM (AymDN)

332 Christians accepted God as contamination being ushered out of government, schools and public venues, and accpeted muslims replacing God in the same, but muslims and other cultic believers stand strongly for what they believe in.  Who would you regard, bendover whiney whimps or those that stand stong for what they believe in ?   This is a damning indictment of millions who profess to be of God, but would not risk anything on behalf of God, not even defending God publicly with their voice.  God recognizes such as slothful servants and DAMNED.  Read your bible.

Posted by: ron n. at March 20, 2014 02:03 AM (c7HxG)

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