By: Liokae
Listening to the meeting itself… holy crap, some of these board members are ridiculously self-righteous. One of them is actually bringing up “but why does your right to not believe get to interfere...
View ArticleBy: CanadianNihilist
This is so stupid. They know they’re going to loose. Why throw the money away? Obviously I’m not from the USA but it is to my understanding that what they’re doing is unconstitutional. After they loose...
View ArticleBy: ckitching
Robert W: Let’s try reductio ad absurdum on your defense of this.Let me get this straight- a prayer that has been recited in this school since it was founded, that no student is forced recite (they...
View ArticleBy: Robert W.
Vote Josh,I’m glad you quoted the first amendment. Too many people think it says freedom from religion when in reality it says freedom of religion. In order for this banner to be a violation of the...
View ArticleBy: Kev Quondom, Kevque Futurum
@Robert:It doesn’t say “freedom of religion” either.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, This has been determined to mean that government cannot show the appearance of...
View ArticleBy: Blacksheep
Douglas Kirk,Freemage beat me too it, but I just want to say that I definitely support the “make me” stance.My understanding of Freemage’s stance is that generally people should not try to buck the...
View ArticleBy: Robert W.
Kev,Good point. It doesn’t exactly say freedom of religion, but it does say nothing shall prohibit the free exercise thereof.All to often people who oppose religion cite the First Amendment as...
View ArticleBy: Freemage
Blacksheep: Not quite. My point is that elected school board officials are, in fact, answerable to their constituents. Making those constituents aware that the board is using their tax monies on a...
View ArticleBy: Rich Wilson
@RobertLove that liberal logic.My very conservative atheist grandparents disagree with you. From heaven of course.
View ArticleBy: TheBlackCat
I don’t see why it should matter that this goes to court, it is not like the school board themselves are going to suffer financially from this. All the money comes out of the pockets of taxpayers and...
View ArticleBy: Douglas Kirk
I agree with the personally liable idea going on here. If a policy making elected official signs their name onto policy that is expressly prohibited by law; they should definitely have to cover the...
View ArticleBy: jolly
The school board should have asked their insurance company who will pay for the lawsuit. That is why the school will drop this eventually.
View ArticleBy: ACN
Let me get this straight- a banner that has been in this school since it was founded, made by whom we don’t know (maybe students themselves), that no student is forced to look at or recite, offends...
View ArticleBy: The Other Weirdo
Get the school to post this version instead:Our OS, who art in CPU, UNIX be thy name, Thy programs run, Thy syscalls done, In User, as it is in Kernel.See what the reaction will be.
View ArticleBy: Vas
Does anyone have/know where to find a better picture of the prayer banner. I can’t quite make out the graphic at the top. I can see wings and clouds but can’t tell what the wings are attached to.
View ArticleBy: Vas
Find one of the subcommittee meetings on Youtube here… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3iJuOyekA&feature=related
View ArticleBy: Blacksheep
It’s not about being offended; it’s about the constitution and what is legal and illegal. I don’t care how much everybody loves school endorsed prayer, that doesn’t make it any less a violation of the...
View ArticleBy: Freemage
Blacksheep:The problem with that line of reasoning is, as noted, the school board is not actually going to suffer the consequences of their “civil disobedience”–the kids and taxpayers are. The school...
View ArticleBy: Blacksheep
Freemage,“We would like to thank the school board for their upcoming donation to the ACLU’s legal fund. It’s through willful disregard of the Constitution–and the subsequent awarding of legal fees–by...
View ArticleBy: Robert W.
ACN,It is about being offended in order for the person bringing the suit to have standing. Someone has to claim that they have been offended in order to claim a violation of their civil rights.I...
View ArticleBy: walkamungus
@Vas: The wings seem to be attached to an Aladdin-style lamp, presumably a “lamp of learning.”
View ArticleBy: Freemage
Blacksheep: Keep in mind, this was a 4-3 decision. Assuming the board is representative of the community, then, nearly half the district is being forced to pay for this effort. The school board should...
View ArticleBy: Douglas Kirk
@blacksheep:Freemage beat me too it, but I just want to say that I definitely support the “make me” stance. You would have found me arguing just as hard against prohibition and for its repealing when...
View ArticleBy: Vote Josh
First Amendment – Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the...
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