Students Make A Stand For Their Rights, Defy ACLU And JudgeÂ’s Order To Censor
"One thing is for sure, the liberals canÂ’t say this was government endorsed. I applaud these young men and women for standing up for their rights, and setting the example for others. The ACLU filed suit on behalf of one student who felt offended that a prayer would be included in their graduation ceremony. U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley granted a temporary restraining order sought by a student. Here is how the students responded to the attempts to censor them.
About 200 seniors stood during the principalÂ’s opening remarks and began reciting the LordÂ’s Prayer, prompting a standing ovation from a standing-room only crowd at the Russell County High School gymnasium."
I'm with Jay in applauding the students doing what Mom and Dad asked, as it's refreshing to see the younger generation paying attention to their elders. If an atheist had risen to profess his belief, I'd be just as happy to see that, too. Then perhaps a Jew or two to get back on track, maybe a Hindu, can't forget the moslems now, and make some room for the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox folks. Click here for the full story.
UPDATEMisha has the scoop, and duh on me. The protesting student was moslem, and said that the references to Joshua ben Joseph were offensive to her. Therein lies the problem with pleasing all of the people all of the time. It's impossible, and has me on the horns of a dilemma. I'd find preachings attributed to the old goat molester to be as offensive as one could imagine, but if a religion is allowed to make a short prayer, then all others should be given the same opportunity or we DO have a problem.
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This news and this post, along with some others has truly made my day. It did my heart right real good to hear about these young folks who stood up (literally) for what THEY believed in...not what some asshole wearin a black robe believed in...MUCHO KUDO'S to them...Cookie....
If I can be dead ass serious for a moment in time, I felt good about it too.
Kinda thought ya would.....
Did you ever see the Babylon 5 episode "Parliament of Dreams"?
No, dangitall. I was out of the country when that show was popular and only catch a retun or two now and then.
Earth's government had the idea of asking all the races on the station to demonstrate their planet's "dominant religion".
One race had a dignified ritual that looked a little bit like a Catholic mass and another had a drunken feast and so on.
When it came time for the station commander to demonstrate Earth's "dominate religion" he took the ambassadors into a large room and began introducing them to a very long line of people. The Catholic priest, the rabbi, the protestant minister, the Buddhist monk the atheist and on and on down the line.
Coolbeans. Thanks, Lem. More stuff on my list of things to catch up on.
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