gr8Dad
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[censored]://[censored].aclu.org/blog/religion-belief/dont-b-shocked-settlement-shows-public-schools-cant-proselytize
If you have the guts to watch the video on the ACLU site, it is the EXACT reason why atheist group fight to SMALLEST imposition of religion in public schools. THIS is what it leads to.
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LexieBelle
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There has been another one recently, actually in my area, where the Supreme Court has gotten involved and ruled for the atheist. They had to cover up a prayer thing that's been in one of the high schools for AGES. But reality is, it's religion, it's does NOT belong in schools.. PERIOD.. and I'm glad the girl (she's like 15 or 16 I believe) won. I think it's AWFUL the way she's been treated. You don't see atheists act with the hatred and malice "Christians" do in the name of "protecting religion". You have churches, go preach there. Keep it OUT of my schools.
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ssmom79
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Wow, that is pretty shocking way to behave in a public school. Evangelical assemblies do not belong there.
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Amen! Um . . . I mean . . . good for you.
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gr8Dad
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One of the more troubling things is this was a SPECIFIC sect of Christianity. Even BELIEVERS would have had a problem, ie Catholics, Jews, etc.
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Maury
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Agreed
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You know... my son told me at dinner the other night that a new girl came to school.... he introduced himself to her, said she was really nice.... (I love my son). Well, it turns out this new girl is atheist. He said "xxxx is a total dick mom, he found out that [censored] was atheist and everyday tells her he will pray for her and gives her stuff on the Baptist church".... He said all the kids are giving her a hard time..... He's made friends with her and said in reality, she was sweeter and nicer than some of the baptist... we talked alittle about it and I told him I was proud of him for not conforming. While he believes in God (raised Methodist) he also has tolerance for all religions... you should of seen the mess after a Muslim moved into our town... blessit....
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gr8Dad
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Good on him. More and more people are falling away from the believers, and societies are going to HAVE to cease the harrassment.
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If the Anderson family thinks that everything will now be hunky-dory they're in for a rude awakening. If they didn't have the proverbial target on their backs already for acknowledging their atheism, that target just grew ALOT bigger. The more devout citizens of our state do not appreciate any gov't entity interfering with their practice of religion no matter where it occurs, including in the schools.
It may look nice and politically correct on paper, but I'd bet you anything that suffering through the religious prosleytizing will end up seeming minor to the unofficial backlash the kid gets over this.
FTR - not agreeing with it. Just being (unfortunately) realistic.
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LexieBelle
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The girl here is going through h-e-l-l. While it might not seem it, this state is pretty religious, made up of a largely catholic community. PARTICULARLY in the town where this girl challenged the prayer in the school. I'd say it's the 2nd most "religious" (Catholic) town in the state. Backlash has been huge, I've seen it from people I considered "friends" on fb. I can't engage in their comments or I know either I would be defriended or I'd have to defriend them. People are soooooooo obnoxious about their religion sometimes. And it's funny I haven't seen a single person "rah rah" like rub it in anyone's face that the girl won, but oh my oh my, the ones who are supposedly "christians" are wayyyy nasty.
I'll probably have to cut loose a few FB people. The hypocrisy of people of "religion" and their in life actions just kill me. I've got one who was spouting off on the Cranston issue how IF there were MORE religion in schools there'd be less bullying in schools etc. Hmm.. she was pretty religious growing up and she was a big ole bully. her daughter is one of the meaniest little girls I've ever met. And this girl is always spouting off about doing the right and yadda yadda.. umm, try not sponging off state foster care dollars, fraudulently claimed unemployment and oh, I don't know why don't you use some of that money to pay the mortgage on your house you haven't paid on in 3 years. Drives me NUTS.
Then I got a guy, another one always spouting about God this and god that, blah blah blah. Foul rants against who knows me in general, frequently, but the ones that REALLY get me are the constant, non-stop rants about his now ex-wife. If I prayed? I'd seriously pray his daughter never finds the ENDLESS stream of nastiness about the woman who gave birth to her. It's awful. That's Christian? That's godly? Ugh. But he'll rant on and on about this thing in Cranston. It's soooooo hypocritical. Makes me literally feel sick to my stomach. I've done a lot of fb "cleansing" recently and I'll do another pass soon and those two? Will be the first to go in that pass.
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