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And Obviously, this leaves out the US of A!
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And Obviously, this leaves out the US of A!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/19...tail=email

Quote:"I am convinced that discrimination against women and girls is one of the world'€™s most serious, all-pervasive and largely ignored violations of basic human rights,€" Mr. Carter, 88, wrote in the his book proposal, adding: "It is disturbing to realize that women are treated most equally in some countries that are atheistic or where governments are strictly separated from religion."€ ~ Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
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RE: And Obviously, this leaves out the US of A!
Shouldn't the word 'disturbing' in that passage read 'of no surprise'?
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RE: And Obviously, this leaves out the US of A!
Disturbing to a Christian, perhaps, but it shouldn't be surprising when we have websites like this:

http://www.christiandomesticdiscipline.com/home.html
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: And Obviously, this leaves out the US of A!
The only thing those fucks will find disturbing is that Carter - a southern baptist - would write such a thing.
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RE: And Obviously, this leaves out the US of A!
(September 19, 2013 at 5:06 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Shouldn't the word 'disturbing' in that passage read 'of no surprise'?

Or "simultaneously disturbing and unsurprising".
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