You are making a good point. They already do that in public schools across the country and parents are not allowed to keep their children out of those classes, and kids must align themselves with the teachings coming from the school. We can talk about school mandated administration of ABC pills, even against the will of the parents (no opt out possibility). What about the old saying “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”?
The same applies, attacks on Christianity will not be apologized for by the public school, nor would it be sought by the ACLU.
Yes, very much so, yet they think they are doing the nation a huge service with all their anti-Christian work.
Yes, yes, but that’s not what the discussion was all about…
Actually, attacks on Christianity is illegal in Public Schools in my state (Florida Religious Freedom act prohibits teaching or showing preference for or against a particular religion). Now - what constitutes attack may be questionable. For example - homosexuality and birth control are not consider religious issues - they are considered social issues. Just like pork in the cafeteria is not a religious issue, it’s a dietary issue.
Why? is it going to hurt some one?
Actually none have the financial means to effectively combat the ACLU. They are a slightly more socially acceptable version Westbourgh Baptist Church.
I disagree. Quite a number of benefactors to the Catholic Church have the means to do so. And I’m not even talking about all the other Christian organizations out there.
I think you know well that I am not speaking about physical attacks on people; rather, I am speaking about legal and verbal attacks on Christians that have become part of everyday life across the USA.
Not true…you are living in a utopian version of reality (no insult intended). Catholic benefactors know that they are called to help the poor, needy and the Church…the vast amount of their available sums goes to those Christ mandated offerings…there is little left for building funds to fight off every new lawsuit and action the ACLU takes on, and frankly since the culture at large is basically Pagan nowadays, it would not do any good anyway. That is, after all, the only reason the ACLU can do the things it does–it is being supported by a fallen away and mainly Pagan people.
Which is an utterly ridiculous request considering the student is supposed to have freedom of religion and free speech–the student should be protected under both, yet the ACLU gladly takes on such actions because it knows the courts lean heavily to the left and they are likely going to win even though the request is counter to the United States Constitution. The left considers the authority of the Constitution to be just about the value of the paper it is printed on, except in times of their own need–during those times that founding document is sacred to them.
npatrol:I wasn’t talking about physical attacks on people either.
Ever try?
I think our thread got lost in the exchange and we are not in synch with the discussion. Let me see if I can bring it back to context:
Any one can pray when ever and what ever they want in this counrty. If they happen to pray from a religion that I do not agree with and I am there at the time I do not have the right to stop them. That person at the event earned the right to speak, however that was desided by those that put on the event. One one has the right to say what they can and can not say from that point on.
Insulting words (to others) is not cause to take away free speech. I honestly can understand why a public school would refuse to sanction a Christian prayer–yet if a student chooses to do so on his/her own, that is simply a reflection of them using their protected right to free speech and their protected right to freely practice their faith. If someone from a different faith had recited a prayer from their faith, I am sure Christians would not join in, yet the person doing the reciting would be simply using their rights to do so.