Not allow Atheists to graduate from HS? GOP says yes!

[Oneracon]

Sorry, that was a typo.

See correction above ^

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

Yes of course, because the founding fathers surely were able to predict all issues that would come up in the future.

This is why I'm glad that Canada's constitution was updated in the '80s

[Cannot think of a name]

Actually, the gov doesn't care what any of us think.

They sure keep invoking what I apparently think every time they want to justify whatever it is they're trying to do.

[Ruridova]

Sorry, that was a typo.

See correction above ^

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

The elastic clause of the Constitution, if I remember correctly, says you can do things not listed in the Constitution; you don't have to follow it to the letter.

[ALMF]

And again, you're wrong. Like I said, the UDHR affords equal protection under the law to all humans residing in a country's jurisdiction regardless of status.

Yet the 1st Amendement gives no right of religion to Atheists.

That's impossible there can be no religious test for Citizenship so the first amendment applies equally

[Threlizdun]

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

Then you agree that all the rights Mav listed should be takn away because they are not specifically stated. Agreeing to a literalist interpretation is an all or nothing approach.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

Yes of course, because the founding fathers surely were able to predict all issues that would come up in the future.

This is why I'm glad that Canada's constitution was updated in the '80s

The Constitution of the US adresses many an issue.

[Oneracon]

Yes of course, because the founding fathers surely were able to predict all issues that would come up in the future.

This is why I'm glad that Canada's constitution was updated in the '80s

The Constitution of the US adresses many an issue.

The right to freedom of movement within the United States and freedom within state of residence? Not listed at all.

[Cannot think of a name]

I was going to bring up the selective service thing we had to do when we turned 18, but then I thought, "You know what? I don't remember ever doing that..." I might have, I just seriously can't remember if I did or not...weird.

I'll have to ask my best friend, since he's under the Selective Services Act. Being female, I don't fall under that law. But if I remember right, men between the ages of 18-26 have to register in order to get federal financial aid.

Well, I got Pell grants, so I probably did at some point. Clearly it made a huge impact on my life.

[Ruridova]

Yes of course, because the founding fathers surely were able to predict all issues that would come up in the future.

This is why I'm glad that Canada's constitution was updated in the '80s

The Constitution of the US adresses many an issue.

Yes, but there weren't many open atheists or homosexuals or nuclear weapons in the 1780s so it may not fully address those issues.

[Mavorpen]

Sorry, that was a typo.

See correction above ^

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

So fuck these rights?:

The right to interstate travel
The right to intrastate travel
The right to privacy (which includes within it a set of rights) including:
a. The right to marriage
b. The right to procreation
c. The right for a women to choose to have an abortion before fetal viability
d. The right to private education (homeschooling one's children)
e. The right to contraception (the right to use contraceptive devices)
f. The right of family relations (the right of related persons to live together)

[Ordya]

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

Then you agree that all the rights Mav listed should be takn away because they are not specifically stated. Agreeing to a literalist interpretation is an all or nothing approach.

Looks like slavery's comin' back, boys!

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

The Constitution of the US adresses many an issue.

The right to freedom of movement within the United States and freedom within state of residence? Not listed at all.

You can infer some things from it.

The Constitution of the US adresses many an issue.

Yes, but there weren't many open atheists or homosexuals or nuclear weapons in the 1780s so it may not fully address those issues.

And?

[Ruridova]

Yes, but there weren't many open atheists or homosexuals or nuclear weapons in the 1780s so it may not fully address those issues.

And?

Thus not all issues are addressed and maybe they need to be?

[Threlizdun]

The Constitution of the US adresses many an issue.

So it's an infallible document? I suppose the ammendments were bullshit too. Let us return to the rule of property-owning white men.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

And?

Thus not all issues are addressed and maybe they need to be?

Some yes.

[The UK in Exile]

Sorry, that was a typo.

See correction above ^

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

so atheists count as 2/3s of a person for the purposes of representation.

[Mavorpen]

Thus not all issues are addressed and maybe they need to be?

Some yes.

Then we shouldn't read it literally.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

so atheists count as 2/3s of a person for the purposes of representation.

Yes?

[Ruridova]

Thus not all issues are addressed and maybe they need to be?

Some yes.

Real life is not NS. You can't just press a "dismiss issue" button and it'll be gone. In real life, that just leaves the issue unsolved. It's not a maybe- these issues need to be addressed somehow- all of them- otherwise they'll grow out of control.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Some yes.

Real life is not NS. You can't just press a "dismiss issue" button and it'll be gone. In real life, that just leaves the issue unsolved. It's not a maybe- these issues need to be addressed somehow- all of them- otherwise they'll grow out of control.

Than create a solution based on the Constitution. Or do the ration thing and get rid of the Constitution and institute a Monarchy.

[Mavorpen]

Real life is not NS. You can't just press a "dismiss issue" button and it'll be gone. In real life, that just leaves the issue unsolved. It's not a maybe- these issues need to be addressed somehow- all of them- otherwise they'll grow out of control.

Than create a solution based on the Constitution. Or do the ration thing and get rid of the Constitution and institute a Monarchy.

You do realize you can have a constitution and a monarchy...right?

[The Irradiated Chernobyl]

First Amendment guarantees us freedom of religion, if the bill passes then it'll be deemed unconstitutional, even if it somehow gets that far.

[Ordya]

I am saying the Constitution should be upheld litteratly.

so atheists count as 2/3s of a person for the purposes of representation.

Atheists are slaves now?

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Than create a solution based on the Constitution. Or do the ration thing and get rid of the Constitution and institute a Monarchy.

You do realize you can have a constitution and a monarchy...right?

Constitutional Monarchies don't work out.

[The UK in Exile]

so atheists count as 2/3s of a person for the purposes of representation.

Yes?

indeed, given there is no definition of "free" or "other persons" within, all people may be counted as 3/5ths of a person, per the constitution. or just christians.

per a literal intepretation.