Speaking Of Nonsense
Refusing to be fingerprinted when one hasn't been arrested or even having been accused of wrongdoing is perfectly understandable. Strike a blow against the surveillance state! So there are good reasons for refusing to be fingerprinted. This is not one of them:
A 22-year veteran kindergarten teacher in the Texas Bible Belt could lose her job for refusing, on religious grounds, to give fingerprints under a state law requiring them.
The evangelical Christian, Pam McLaurin, is fighting a looming suspension, claiming that fingerprinting amounts to the “Mark of the Beast,” and hence is a violation of her First Amendment right to practice her religion.
Bollocks. Anyone with a whit of intelligence knows that bar codes are the mark of the beast.
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Bar codes? I thought my Social Security number was the Mark?
Posted by: Ol'Froth | 08 November 2009 at 12:05