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Posted on 08/08/2019 6:08:48 AM PDT by buckalfa
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Signs for ‘school prayer zones’ are popping up across South Carolina.
A local non-profit said prayers over schools, students and administrators need to become a regular practice, so a woman designed the signs and got the Department of Transportation’s approval to sell them to local churches to be placed on their property.
“This is a perfect example of church and state. Whereas we’re staying out of the area of the state but we’re bringing it onto the land of the church,” said Vanessa Frazier with Christ Teens.
The woman who came up with the idea said it will take about two to three years to place the signs throughout the state.
She said churches can buy them even if they are not near a school.
The signs can already be found in Richland and Aiken Counties.
The 1st Amendment CAN NOT be restricted to a “zone”!!!!
As long as they are on church property or on private property, they can stay. For example, Christmas manger scenes put up by Christians on their own property or on church property are allowed. They are not allowed on public land.
Christians who complain that their city no longer displays religious Christmas symbols should decorate their front yards with manger scenes. Don’t expect government to be a witness to Jesus.
Bump!
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Why did she need the DOT’s permission to sell them to churches and place on churchs’ property?
I'm just guessing that most local governments have "set-back" rules that signs need to be a certain distance from roadways, intersections, fire hydrants, etc. as a matter of safety; so in order for the sign to be near enough to the road to be seen by passing cars, she had to negotiate with the DOT for where they would be placed.
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“Is it a small first step to restoring faith into our society or is it mere symbolism that will be struck down by a black robed tyrant?”
No pun itended, but we are praying it is the former.
You are assuming an awful lot than there is to the 1st amendment phrase “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
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