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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:42 AM Mar 2013

5 Kids Bravely Fighting Christian Domination of Their Schools

http://www.alternet.org/5-kids-bravely-fighting-christian-domination-their-schools

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1. Zack Kopplin: Zack Kopplin is a one-man war against the teaching of bad science in Louisiana. Zack was a high school student in Baton Rogue when he started to speak out against a measure legislators passed in 2008 to sneak creationist materials into schools through the backdoor.

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2. Jessica Ahlquist: In 2011, high school junior Jessica Ahlquist protested the posting of a banner listing an official school prayer in the auditorium of Cranston High School West in Rhode Island.

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3. Krystal Myers: High school senior Krystal Myers knew something wasn’t right at Lenoir City High School in Tennessee. There was simply too much religion in the school.

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4. Corwyn Schulz: By the time he was a high school senior, Corwyn Schulz had had enough. Corwyn, who attended Medina Valley High School in Castroville, Texas, endured Christian invocations at school events, prayers led by coaches, religious posters on school walls and other school-sponsored forms of religion.

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5 Kids Bravely Fighting Christian Domination of Their Schools (Original Post) xchrom Mar 2013 OP

Heroes, one and all. AzDar Mar 2013 #1

2013 is 50th anniversary of SC decision about Bible-reading in schools kiri Mar 2013 #7

I don't have a problem with have a minute of silence at the beginning of the day. You can southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #2

Any kid who wants to pray in silence is free to do so whenever they wish Capt. Obvious Mar 2013 #4

yes I know that. All am saying it is a compromise. A minute of silence wouldn't hurt southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #6

Ah, our "Heroes of the Constitution" . . . pulling very un-Constitutional bullshit as usual. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #3

they have convinced themselves they are on a mission from god..... spanone Mar 2013 #5

Good for them! Quantess Mar 2013 #8

Courageous...great kids. K&R n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2013 #9

AzDar

(14,023 posts)

1. Heroes, one and all.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:55 AM

Mar 2013

kiri

(794 posts)

7. 2013 is 50th anniversary of SC decision about Bible-reading in schools

Reply to AzDar (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:44 PM

Mar 2013

This June 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision (8-1) in 1963 that ending devotional Bible-reading and prayers in public schools:
Abington v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett. This didn't stop Pennsylvania legislators from pandering--they passed a bill declaring "2013 the Year of the Bible"!

Two interesting sites:

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/03/04/christian-pseudo-historian-david-barton-lied-about-a-supreme-court-case-so-i-spoke-to-the-cases-namesake/

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

2. I don't have a problem with have a minute of silence at the beginning of the day. You can

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:06 AM

Mar 2013

pray or think about the day ahead but you get to choose. The problem is the religious right never knows when to stop pushing. It goes on and on and before long you will have a christain school and it may not even be of the faith you grew up with. They will force their beliefs on you. So the best is separation of church and state. If you want a religious school teaching go to one of those school.

Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)

4. Any kid who wants to pray in silence is free to do so whenever they wish

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 10:14 AM

Mar 2013

without a designated time slot for it.

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

6. yes I know that. All am saying it is a compromise. A minute of silence wouldn't hurt

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:02 AM

Mar 2013

anyone before classes. By the way I always prayed before I left home and during the day that I had a good day. I don't need some school system or religious teacher to tell me that. It is something I did on my own. I hated going to gym because we had to dress in gym cloths and shower after we came in. That overwhelmed me. I was extremely shy. I worried about being made fun of. I wasn't good at sports. So I always prayed before going to gym. A kid shouldn't have to fear going to gym and I did.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

3. Ah, our "Heroes of the Constitution" . . . pulling very un-Constitutional bullshit as usual.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:18 AM

Mar 2013

This isn't just wrong, it's DEAD wrong and a severe violation of everything this country was founded on. Why any kids have to be attacked by grown adults who should know better just because they choose to believe a story over history, I'll never figure out. As it was said above, the fundamentalpatients just never know WHEN to quit.