tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post115079493287995595..comments2024-03-28T14:55:58.158-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: The foolishness of eliminating Christianity in schoolsRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-81889049243067713472007-08-31T18:30:00.000-07:002007-08-31T18:30:00.000-07:00Good for you Erica. There should no shame in shar...Good for you Erica. There should no shame in sharing your faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-87655720392030837872007-08-31T13:30:00.000-07:002007-08-31T13:30:00.000-07:00The two biggest issues I have with this whole cont...The two biggest issues I have with this whole controversy are that she felt she could speak aabout religion on the behalf of her fellow classmates, and that she knew it was wrong.<BR/><BR/>As a valedictorian, some think they have the right to say whatever they want because of the 1st ammendment. What people are forgetting is that we are guaranteed the right to speak what we as individuals want. Ninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303811834073106127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-87114103188849351252007-08-31T05:44:00.000-07:002007-08-31T05:44:00.000-07:00Separation of Church and State. Does anyone remem...Separation of Church and State. Does anyone remember that? Well it's a law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1151120607801690562006-06-23T20:43:00.000-07:002006-06-23T20:43:00.000-07:00Randy,Thanks for pointing us to this story. I hav...Randy,<BR/>Thanks for pointing us to this story. I have seen several similar stories of kids not being allowed to share their personal thoughts because the thoughts were religious. NO matter if this particular story was really a violation of her first amendment rights or if she was not following the rules, your general premise is true. Schools have become afraid of the dreaded lawsuit by the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925684255189942905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1151005780480887332006-06-22T12:49:00.000-07:002006-06-22T12:49:00.000-07:00Your characterization of the girl's remarks may be...Your characterization of the girl's remarks may be somewhat misleading. According to a June 10 Associated Press report posted on rockymountainnews.com, what the girl began to do was to exhort the assembled families to learn more about Jesus and the sacrifice He had made for them.<BR/><BR/>The girl admits in a newspaper interview to planning the remarks for months without telling anyone, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150969071368289452006-06-22T02:37:00.000-07:002006-06-22T02:37:00.000-07:00So if the birth of religion was the birth of quest...So if the birth of religion was the birth of questioning authority, when, why and how did it morph into a tool for enforcing that same authority? <BR/><BR/>As far as I'm concerned you do not have the right to push your religion beliefs on me and my children any more than the muslims, pagans, buddhists, or countless other religions practiced in the United States.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150946157573938892006-06-21T20:15:00.000-07:002006-06-21T20:15:00.000-07:00Despite many an agnostic's wish, the Constitution ...Despite many an agnostic's wish, the Constitution does not grant Americans a freedom from religion, it only guarantees them a freedom to practice any they wish.<BR/><BR/>Was there a policy at the school detailing the rules of speaking at graduation? If there was nothing saying what this girl could or couldn't say, turning off the mic was a cowardly abuse of power.<BR/><BR/>Take all the cheap Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150827849137489382006-06-20T11:24:00.000-07:002006-06-20T11:24:00.000-07:00Randy, I'm confused by your disapproval of the sch...Randy, <BR/><BR/>I'm confused by your disapproval of the schools reaction. The speech she was giving was a GROUP SPEECH that was written by more than one person. That speech was representing more than just that one speaker and by including something in her part of the presentation that the group did not condone is probably what got her cut off... Not the fact that she spoke of Jesus.<BR/><BR/>Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714522192141583538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150810836835567762006-06-20T06:40:00.000-07:002006-06-20T06:40:00.000-07:00The basic problem here is not the schools or the c...The basic problem here is not the schools or the churches, but the peculiar mindset of middle America, which refuses to allow any part of life outside the church yard to be secular. Until people change the way they look at public life, which is not likely to happen, people will insist on invoking the deity and "praying" in public. I, for one, am extremely uncomfortable when people bring up their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150809696545140232006-06-20T06:21:00.000-07:002006-06-20T06:21:00.000-07:00It seems to me that the establishment clause alway...It seems to me that the establishment clause always butts heads with the free exercise clause. <BR/><BR/>If a teacher can "teach" religion in a public school or if a school can hold religious activities then, ultimately, some "alternative" religion will quite rightly expect to be included in the mix. <BR/><BR/>I can't see that Christianity faces any risks. In the midwest, churches abound. IndeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150808099907787872006-06-20T05:54:00.000-07:002006-06-20T05:54:00.000-07:00Since this happened then I would expect the next t...Since this happened then I would expect the next time Bush uses God in his speeches that his microphones be turned off in the name of fair play. This is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150800484525370252006-06-20T03:48:00.000-07:002006-06-20T03:48:00.000-07:00Do you find it ironic to mention common sense and ...Do you find it ironic to mention common sense and christianity in the same sentence??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1150796012976085642006-06-20T02:33:00.000-07:002006-06-20T02:33:00.000-07:00Uhh, Randy? Those pictures you took of people wit...Uhh, Randy? Those pictures you took of people with their eyes shut because you thought they were praying? Not necessarily. <BR/><BR/>One of the things that my deeply religious mother taught me was that when with a group and someone not from my church began a public prayer, you shut your eyes and wait till they stop. Praying along with what she basically considered heathens was not part of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com