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Religions > Atheism |
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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10 Jun 2005 06:22:25 AM |
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In the News: In Louisiana, a School Prayer Showdown |
From the article:
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School District's Disagreement Could Go Before Supreme Court, Experts Say
By JAKE TAPPER and CLAYTON SANDELL
PONCHATOULA, La., June 9, 2005 ? In the Tangipahoa Parish School District near
Baton Rouge, people are more passionate than ever about their desire to pray
wherever and whenever they choose, although the courts have repeatedly told
them to stop.
"Prayer should be kept in school," said resident Cora Monson. "The Bible should
not be kept out."
"We're a parish that's really unified with God and with prayer," said resident
Bryan Strickland, "and we believe that's the foundation of our moral values."
The district's school board regularly held prayers before meetings, but one
anonymous parent got the Louisiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union
to sue the school district to stop. The school district lost that decision, but
is appealing to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
It's just the latest battle in a long-running war between conservative
Christians and those who see public schools as places that should remain
secular.
"They've tried to promote creationism in the classroom. They had a preacher
coming in, giving away free pizza at lunchtime, preaching and proselytizing
students. And then we've had prayers at football games after the Supreme Court
ruled against that," said Joe Cook, executive director of ACLU of Louisiana.
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Read it at http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=834908&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
J. Spaceman
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: In Louisiana, a School Prayer Showdown |
10 Jun 2005 12:42:50 PM |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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School District's Disagreement Could Go Before Supreme Court, Experts Say
By JAKE TAPPER and CLAYTON SANDELL
PONCHATOULA, La., June 9, 2005 ? In the Tangipahoa Parish School District near
Baton Rouge, people are more passionate than ever about their desire to pray
wherever and whenever they choose, although the courts have repeatedly told
them to stop.
I saw this on the news last night. The scariest bit was a woman who
said that if the name of Jesus Christ offends these people, then just
wait till he comes back in all his glory, and then they'll really be
offended, with the implication those who oppose rampant school prayer
are all going right to hell and she's thinks it's about time.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: In Louisiana, a School Prayer Showdown |
14 Jun 2005 08:10:16 PM |
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:42:50 -0500, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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School District's Disagreement Could Go Before Supreme Court, Experts Say
By JAKE TAPPER and CLAYTON SANDELL
PONCHATOULA, La., June 9, 2005 ? In the Tangipahoa Parish School District near
Baton Rouge, people are more passionate than ever about their desire to pray
wherever and whenever they choose, although the courts have repeatedly told
them to stop.
I saw this on the news last night. The scariest bit was a woman who
said that if the name of Jesus Christ offends these people, then just
wait till he comes back in all his glory, and then they'll really be
offended, with the implication those who oppose rampant school prayer
are all going right to hell and she's thinks it's about time.
Christian 'morality' and 'humanity' strikes again.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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