# NYC School wont allow "God Bless the USA" song at graduation

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**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyc-school-wont-allow-god-bless-the-usa-song-at-graduation/264063/27 "2012-06-12T13:24:23Z")

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> [@FS: DC5 Red Recaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-dc5-red-recaros/49871/3):
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> I disagree. If you say ‘remove God from this or that’ then yes, it might cost you major votes…but if you flat out come out and say, “Hey, I personally don’t believe in a God but I won’t remove it from the money, schools, etc.” I don’t think it would make a huge difference in votes.
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> More and more people are anti-religion. Hell, there are issues in my religion (Christianity - denomination is pentecostal which is very similar to baptist) but I’ve always said and will say again…believing in a higher being (in my case Jesus) is more about faith than it is about rules, etc. (religion). Faith is a feeling, a relationship so to speak with God. Religion is tangible. It’s something we see, do, etc.
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> Two different things IMO. We just call it one - religion. It’s like me telling some people I’m Russian because they are too ignorant to know where or what Ukraine is.

You do know of the “bible belt” and how many states that is right?

A gay candidate has a better shot at being elected than a atheist. News would have a field day with a person who has “no morals” and all the extremes that can take that too, including but not limited saying that he believes in random things such as FSM.

Just being of different denomination of Christianity such as Mormon is going to be a big issue in this current election.

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