AL: School denies band prayer charge
We read:
"A group that promotes the separation of church and state claims Oxford High School’s band director routinely leads his symphonic band class in prayer, a charge school officials deny.
In a letter faxed to Oxford Superintendent Jeff Goodwin April 23, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation claims band director Chris Pennington violates students’ First Amendment religious freedoms and demanded the problem be corrected immediately. The group also alleged Pennington threatened a failing grade for band students who did not show up for a concert at a Baptist church.
Principal Trey Holladay said during a phone interview Monday that Pennington has not led prayers and the church concert was not mandatory. He said any prayers are led by students.”
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This is what happens when constitutional "rights" (separation of church and state) are invented to appease the God-less cretins of the left. They are in fact, Satans children.
I think they must be Santa Claus' children (as he always tries to upstage Jesus on Xmas Eve).
The result and ultimate goal of the freedom from religion groups is to create a public atmosphere completely hostile towards religion and drive it from view. This practice is more the work of Marxist Atheists looking to eliminate the “opiate of the masses” than to protect the religious rights of differing beliefs. Their specific targets are Christians, and they assume they can go after the minority religions after the majority religion has been sufficiently cowed. They seem to never have an objection when pagan practices are promoted in the classroom in support of some green cause, nor when children are encouraged to pray towards Mecca in cultural diversity classes in grade school, or even yoga physical education courses when they are encouraged to meditate on Shiva or Genesha
"survival of the fittest" or "market forces" applies to religious and non-religious views as much as to anything else. So don't whine if yours fail.
Do "market forces" include enforcement at the point of a gun? That's essentially what this group is after. There is no right to freedom *from* religion.
What this groups is actually after, is the total elimination of any and all religion. But under their rules, if i'm not allowed to hold my beliefs, then neither should they be allowed to hold on to theirs.
Don't whine! It's a democracy isn't it. Stand up for yourself.
Anon 3:14 America is a republic not a democracy, and yes there is a difference. Anways good L-rd, not prayer, what a horrible thing compared to the violence, stupidity, swearing, drug and sex scenes on tv.
So you can't stand up for yourself in a Republic - how sad!
The concept of "separation of church and state" is very, VERY real in the intentions of the Founding Fathers, but it is not what we assume it to be today.
Consider the historical facts surrounding 18th century England. I contend that the primary motivation behind our Founding Fathers' draft of the Constitution had to do more with the authority of the Church of England and the Catholic Church in Rome than it did with Christians vs. other religions or non-religions (ie: Atheists. The Church of England was deeply integrated into local and national government, and the founding Fathers did not want that to happen in the United States. They wanted to ensure that the United States would not become another theocracy like England.
Today, we have extrapolated that original separation concept to be inclusive of all religions and non-religions. Unfortunately, we have lost sight of what truly made up this country at its inception.
The context of the 18th century is so long ago and half forgotten or misunderstood, and obviously getting rather out of sync with current society that perhaps there should be a new official clarification stating how, when and if "religion" can interact with secular laws and society.
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