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Zapatero refuses to swear oath on bible

rowlandbrowner · 2008-04-18 15:29:14

happy to read that in Spain, once a stronghold of Christianity, José Zapatero has been sworn back into office choosing to take his oath on the Spanish constitution... not the bible. Zapatero has been a torn in the side of the Catholic Church and religious privilege since being elected in 2004, he has legalised same sex…

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happy to read that in Spain, once a stronghold of Christianity, José Zapatero has been sworn back into office choosing to take his oath on the Spanish constitution... not the bible. Zapatero has been a torn in the side of the Catholic Church and religious privilege since being elected in 2004, he has legalised same sex marriage and removed the Church from the Spanish school system, long may he continue.

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#2 18-04-2008 4:24pm

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rowlandbrowner wrote: »

happy to read that in Spain, once a stronghold of Christianity, José Zapatero has been sworn back into office choosing to take his oath on the Spanish constitution... not the bible. Zapatero has been a torn in the side of the Catholic Church and religious privilege since being elected in 2004, he has legalised same sex marriage and removed the Church from the Spanish school system, long may he continue.

Fair play. Don't know much about the man, but I like the gesture.

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#3 18-04-2008 4:46pm

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Haven't heard of him before tbh, but I'll certainly be looking him up now Good news, especially in such a Catholic country

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#4 18-04-2008 4:49pm

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Hopefully by 2034 we'll manage to get someone similar into office here...

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#5 18-04-2008 5:13pm

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Your optimism is admirable, Mena.

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#6 18-04-2008 8:58pm

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CerebralCortex certainly seems happy with this thread.

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#7 18-04-2008 10:45pm

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A true revolutionary...:rolleyes:

*God I love those rolleyes, you can make a comment without even having to back it up*

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#8 19-04-2008 1:25am

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vote social democrat eh?

would it take an (old ) labour prime minister to get that done here?

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#9 19-04-2008 8:02am

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estebancambias wrote: »

A true revolutionary...:rolleyes:

*God I love those rolleyes, you can make a comment without even having to back it up*

If you didn't put in the rolleyes then we wouldn't respect you or the content of your posts.

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#10 19-04-2008 1:53pm

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Fair play to him, more of the same.

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#11 19-04-2008 1:59pm

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I was chased in here by the god squad in their car.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55707843#post55707843

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#12 19-04-2008 2:23pm

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Is that behaviour not worthy of a ban? Personal abuse surely? I hope you reported that poster.

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#13 19-04-2008 2:45pm

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5uspect wrote: »

Is that behaviour not worthy of a ban? Personal abuse surely? I hope you reported that poster.

Thats what I thought. I think I reported, im not sure. I hit that little triangle thing in the corner to "report post"

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#14 19-04-2008 4:42pm

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I'd say moneyman's days (or rather hours) in AH are numbered.

Though quite what any of this has to do with Zapatero (all hail) I don't know.

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#15 19-04-2008 4:48pm

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Dades wrote: »

I'd say moneyman's days (or rather hours) in AH are numbered.

Though quite what any of this has to do with Zapatero (all hail) I don't know.

Thought the cavalry might come charging... or was that carvery.

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#16 19-04-2008 5:01pm

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caoibhin wrote: »

I was chased in here by the god squad in their car.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55707843#post55707843

Sounds like you just finished reading the God delusion and wanted to let rip on some believers. These sorts of threads are everywhere - "well, eh, i believe in the spaghetti monster so eh, go disprove that you religious f***ers".

We know what the theists are like on boards, why draw them into the same pointless argument week in, week out?.

Good on Zapatero, that was a clever and subtle move.

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#17 19-04-2008 5:05pm

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Fair play to him. I guess he's saying that he's taking an oath that he's serious about and he wants to swear it on a book that represents something he believes in.

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#18 19-04-2008 6:17pm

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I'm sure even the religious among us can applaud him for choosing the constitution over the Bible. I mean it would be a mockery of faith if he swore on the Bible that he does not believe in.

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#19 19-04-2008 6:30pm

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If the guy doesn't believe in the Bible then he'd be a hypocrite to swear on it. I wish more politicians would be as honest.

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#20 20-04-2008 2:20am

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rowlandbrowner wrote: »

happy to read that in Spain, once a stronghold of Christianity, José Zapatero has been sworn back into office choosing to take his oath on the Spanish constitution... not the bible. Zapatero has been a torn in the side of the Catholic Church and religious privilege since being elected in 2004, he has legalised same sex marriage and removed the Church from the Spanish school system, long may he continue.

Doing what?

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#21 20-04-2008 3:45am

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rolling back the bigotry of the catholic church

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#22 20-04-2008 6:01am

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Originally Posted by rowlandbrowner
happy to read that in Spain, once a stronghold of Christianity, José Zapatero has been sworn back into office choosing to take his oath on the Spanish constitution... not the bible. Zapatero has been a torn in the side of the Catholic Church and religious privilege since being elected in 2004, he has legalised same sex marriage and removed the Church from the Spanish school system, long may he continue.

estebancambias wrote: »

Doing what?

Being "a torn in the side of the Catholic Church", apparently.

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#23 20-04-2008 10:18am

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PDN wrote: »

I wish more politicians would be as honest.

Just not around election time - or they wouldn't be a politician at all.

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#24 20-04-2008 3:03pm

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estebancambias wrote: »

Doing what?

promoting secularism

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