God (and good) for them I say

Our elected officials can't seem to find a pair of balls to stand up against judicial activism, but a group of highschool seniors can:

Despite ruling, prayer recited at graduation

May 20, 2006

RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. – A federal judge blocked a southern Kentucky high school yesterday from including prayers in its graduation ceremony, prompting students to begin reciting the Lord's Prayer during the opening remarks.

About 200 students interrupted the principal's comments with the prayer, drawing thunderous applause and a standing ovation from the crowd.
Earlier in the day, a judge banned prayers from the ceremony in response to a lawsuit filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union. The lawsuit sought a restraining order on behalf of an unidentified student at Russell County High School in Russell Springs, 90 miles south of Louisville.

Later in the ceremony, senior Megan Chapman told the crowd that God had guided her since childhood. She was interrupted repeatedly by cheering as she urged her classmates to trust in God as they go through life.

Superintendent Scott Pierce said he was pleased with the students' response to the ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that clergy-led prayer in public school graduations and sporting events is prohibited.

I never cease to be amazed at the hardcore secularists in this country. Please, explain to me how one can be offended at something they don't believe in. Should we also be offended by the tooth fairy? Or how about dragons? Those damned hobbits!!! They should be banned I say! The best part is, this wasn't a school led prayer, it was student led and as such is entirely protected by the first amendment. Those jackasses at the ACLU are probably having a fit over this right now. Just take a look at what the tools at DU are saying.

Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Sat May-20-06 10:56 PM
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4. If a Muslim (or any non-X-tian) had recited their prayer at the ceremony
Edited on Sat May-20-06 10:59 PM by Charlie Brown
they probably would have been lynched, or at the very least "black-listed" by the community.

These moral zealots are hypocrites. They do not want equal rights, they only want privilleges for their particular brand of religion, and the government is the tool they use to sock it on everyone. The ACLU is dead right, and I hope they file two new suits (one against the superintendent for "praising" the sectarian prayers, and one against the high-school for not holding the students accountable).

beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Sat May-20-06 11:17 PM
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11. One kid dared to dissent.
Edited on Sat May-20-06 11:18 PM by beam me up scottie
One.

Against all of the other students.


Imagine how he must feel.


I guess nobody else will ever make that mistake again.

enlightenment (822 posts) Sat May-20-06 11:32 PM
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18. And I sincerely hope he or she can get out of that
backward little burg very soon.

niyad (1000+ posts) Sat May-20-06 11:35 PM
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21. to the people who are defending these rude, obnoxious little christo-
zealots, what part of this did you not comprehend:


RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. – A federal judge blocked a southern Kentucky high school yesterday from including prayers in its graduation ceremony, ***************prompting students to begin reciting the Lord's Prayer during the opening remarks. About 200 students interrupted the principal's comments with the prayer,******** drawing thunderous applause and a standing ovation from the crowd

they interupted the speaker, displaying a complete lack of manners, and there is NO defense for that. I am sick and tired of little xian zealots thinking they have a "god-given right" to FORCE their damned prayers on those who are not gawd-smacked.

reprobate (1000+ posts) Sun May-21-06 01:32 PM
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46. Their own holy book tells them not to prey in public.

Misspelling intentional. They are so religious that they haven't read their own holy book?

You know. The think about going into your closet to pray. Hiding your light under a basket. Praying in public an act of the hypocrit.

Or is it that they only believe that those PARTS of it they agree with are the word of god?

I wish some of those myth believers would tell this non believer just why hypocrisy and religion seem to be so intertwined. And it's particularly egregious in the big three western monotheistic myths.

And don't jump on my use of the word myth. Religion is defined as myth: "A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society"

http://www.tfd.com/myth

Plenty more there, but I'm sick of looking at it. Liberal tolerance in action, eh?