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School Orders Cross Removed From Football Helmets
foxnews.com ^ | 10/10/12 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 10/11/2012 5:48:18 AM PDT by onlylewis

Wisconsin school district has ordered a joint public-private school football team to change its logo – in the middle of the season — after a lone parent said the inclusion of a bishop’s hat and cross was a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Martin Lexmond, superintendent of the Shorewood School District, told Fox News that he made the decision to remove the logos after consulting with the school board.

“It just didn’t occur to anybody that there might be questions about it,” he said. “A parent last week raised the question asking if this was a violation of separation of church and state.”

The school district has a unique partnership with a Messmer, private Roman Catholic high school. In 2000 the two small schools joined forces to create a football co-op.

Bob Smith, president of the Catholic school, told WTMJ that he was “not happy” about the decision and said it “is hurtful for the kids.”

“It’s going to be hurtful for the kid who designed the logo..it’s going to be hurtful for the team,” he told the radio station.

(Excerpt) Read more at radio.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: church; constitution; cross; logo; purge; schoolboard; state
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To: onlylewis

Public-Private Partnerships are always a bad idea


21 posted on 10/11/2012 6:08:13 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: rxtn41

The REAL problem is a legal system that can cause a school district to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves from this nonsense. Even if in the end they prevail.

We desperately need LOSER PAYS in our tort system.


22 posted on 10/11/2012 6:08:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: onlylewis

Clinton (of course) red devils of South Carolina. Clinton High School Football Mascot: Red Devils Coach: Scott King Address: 800 N Adair St, Clinton, SC 29325

23 posted on 10/11/2012 6:08:56 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Doogle

Heckler’s Veto


24 posted on 10/11/2012 6:09:20 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: onlylewis

I find “Education Administrators” are often the most narrow-minded, rigid people I have met.

Its because they are basically bureaucrats.


25 posted on 10/11/2012 6:09:20 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: onlylewis

It is NOT contrary to the Constitution. They should take it to the Supremes.


26 posted on 10/11/2012 6:09:26 AM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: icwhatudo

Huntington Public Schools • 50 Tower Street • Huntington Station • New York • 11746

27 posted on 10/11/2012 6:11:35 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: onlylewis

Players should attend games with a cross magic-markered on their forehead.


28 posted on 10/11/2012 6:13:18 AM PDT by moovova (Obama was Swiftboated...er... Big-Birded by Romney.)
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To: onlylewis

I’m getting very sick of this sh*t!


29 posted on 10/11/2012 6:13:32 AM PDT by szweig (HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
The Chess Team? See post #3. Meanwhile up here in the province of Ontario our license plate has a very small cross whose days may be numbered. See if you can spot it.


30 posted on 10/11/2012 6:14:38 AM PDT by xp38
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To: icwhatudo

School type:Public, high school, Castlewood High School • 304 Blue Devil Circle, Castlewood, Virginia 24224 • Phone: 276-762-9449

31 posted on 10/11/2012 6:15:30 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: onlylewis
Where in the constitution does it state a separation of church in state?

It doesn't.

This notion is based on a letter from Thomas Jefferson.

32 posted on 10/11/2012 6:15:52 AM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (Romney has run a business, an Olympics, and a state. Obama has never run anything but his mouth.)
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To: cripplecreek

We have come a long way (in the wrong direction, I believe) from the simple language: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...” (never mind the “Nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof” part).

No act by Congress
No law passed
No establishment of religion

Other than that, I can see the violation./sarc


33 posted on 10/11/2012 6:16:11 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: NCLaw441

No act by Congress
No law passed
No establishment of religion

yup


34 posted on 10/11/2012 6:17:14 AM PDT by samtheman (Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
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To: onlylewis

Oh, for shit’s sake, Shorewood, GROW UP!


35 posted on 10/11/2012 6:19:13 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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To: icwhatudo

The Druid Hills Red Devils

Druid Hills High School Football Mascot: Red Devils Coach: Kip Hall Address: 1798 Haygood Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30307

36 posted on 10/11/2012 6:19:20 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: onlylewis

We were guaranteed, “Freedom of Religion” NOT “Freedom FROM Religion” but the smarmy lawyers of ACLU ilk have distorted that guarantee such that it is now a weapon against us and WE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.

The Tree of Liberty is dying and needs a lot of fertilizer.


37 posted on 10/11/2012 6:23:04 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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To: icwhatudo

Contact Us 14240 Achievement Drive Culpeper, VA 22701 540.825.8310 fax 540.829.6615

38 posted on 10/11/2012 6:23:21 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Doogle

I’ll go out on a limb a wager this lone wolf parent doesn’t even have ties to this school. Probably just some malcontent stirring up trouble. Why should the MAJORITY constantly be forced into giving in to the MINORITY? I’d tell this prick the cross stays and if you don;t like it, pound sand. Further, if the cross truly offends you, then you are forbidden to use the letter “t” in all of your writings. The “T” looks like a cross so if the cross offends you, stop using the letter “t”.


39 posted on 10/11/2012 6:24:35 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (The LEFT's intolerance of the RIGHT is intolerable.)
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To: onlylewis

Tyranny by the individual against the majority. The proper response by the school to this “parent” should have been GFY.


40 posted on 10/11/2012 6:25:34 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (We won't stand for biased umps fixing a ball game but we allow a biased media to fix elections.)
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