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Yeah, it looks more like whining. "Waaa, I want my religion imposed on everyone else and someone refused to allow it. waaa."
It was in their face everytime they walked in the front door of the school."Imposed"? What the....? Were the other students paraded by the poster, and ordered to read it or something?
j-mac
Whoever wanted too
If they don't take this option, it is very likely they will be forced by a court decision to remove them.
and it will cost a low-income, rural school district money that could have been used for education
The assertion that any and all religious material may not be placed in or around public spaces is clearly violating the right to allow the citizens their free exercise of religion, it would then be relegated to exist only in private spaces.
If the school in question does not deny the addition of competing religious material then what is the harm? If they allow a judeo/christian document yet refused to post an islamic document then that may pose a real constitutional issue, but to expect the complete absense of any and all 'religious' material in public places is absurd, much like many communist societies that disallow any and all religions. What if a teacher or other school official wore a religious symbol on a piece of jewelry, or dressed in a manner depicting their religion, would that 'establish' a state religion? I think not, it is simply allowing that official and any other gov't official to freely exercise their religion.
Unfortunately for the 'reasonable' folks, the fundies will open their mouths and tell the world exactly why they want the commandments posted - and it ain't any reference to "history" or "the origin of laws" - they want the poster because they want to advertise and promote their religious beliefs.
Could you lay out for us exactly what you mean, or define the terms:
1. "Reasonable people"
and
2. "Fundies"
Thanks.
j-mac
In the context of this thread, I think most would understand that I am calling those who support the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools in conjunction with other historical and legal documents, the 'reasonable' ones. Of course I think they are still promoting a specific religion but at least they are making an attempt to comply with the law as it now stands regarding religious displays in publicly-owned buildings.
The "fundies" are those fundamentalist, evangelical xians who claim persecution when store clerks say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Xmas, the fundies are those xians who state quite plainly that they think only elements of their specific religion should be posted in government buildings, the fundies are those xians who rant on and on about America being a "Christian nation", founded on Christian principles and with all laws based on the Ten Commandments despite what rational folks know from history.
good enuff answer, for ya?
Giles school board votes to remove Ten Commandments display from Narrows High
The Giles County School Board voted today to remove a copy of the Ten Commandments that has hung on a wall of Narrows High School during a year and a half of controversy and litigation.
The board voted unanimously to replace the commandments with a copy of a page from a history textbook that mentions the Ten Commandments in conjunction with American government and morality. The commandments themselves do not appear on the page; they are represented by a drawing of two tablets.
The move could prove controversial among Giles County residents