Posted on 08/23/2015 3:42:49 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
...But Fans in Stands Have an Answer for That Ruling
A Mississippi school district had just been through some serious gavel pounding from a federal judge — including a $7,500 fine — and didn’t want any more problems.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves gave Rankin County School District the word on July 10, saying it promoted Christianity during school hours after it agreed to stop. So Reeves fined the district $7,500 and again ordered it to stop sponsoring prayers at graduations, assemblies, athletic competitions and other school events, WLBT-TV reported.
“That means administrators, teachers and staff of the Rankin County School District may not participate in any religious activity, or solicit or encourage religious activities at school or while performing duties as a RCSD employee,” Reeves added.
So when the district learned that Brandon High School’s marching band was planning to play the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art” during halftime at Friday night’s football season opener, it was decided that was too close to the judge’s ban and the performance was cancelled.
But that didn’t stop dozens of parents and students and fans from performing ‘How Great Thou Art” on their own
"It bothers me because you look at the schools and all of the school shootings and all the bad things that are happening, and wonder why,” parent Kimberly Moore told WLBT. “It’s because we’re allowing evil to step in.”
“I don’t fault our school district because I know they are trying to do what’s right as a community and for the school,” Moore added. “But … in another I’m like we gotta take a stand on behalf of Christ.”
MISSISSIPPI: NULLIFY unconstitutional federal acts and decisions. The feds have NO constitutional authority to interfere with private or state freedom of religion. Instead, the feds are instead SPECIFICALLY BARRED from such action.
The so-called Incorporation Doctrine, which should be renamed the Corruption Doctrine, which the feds use as an excuse for federal tyranny, and has no valid constitutional basis. Neither the federal judiciary nor the federal legislature may constitutionally interfere with state, local or individual freedom of religious exercise nor freedom of speech.
Unconstitutional federal acts and decisions are acts of tyranny and MUST be resisted and nullified at every level. MISSISSIPPI and STATES: RECLAIM AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM: no one is going to reclaim it for you.
The ROT continues.. some are noticing the “SMELL”..
Not a lot yet... but the smell is getting SOOO strong..
Even RINOs... SOON may even say “for GOD sakes whats up?”..
I’m hoping.. me a bit cynical yeah... but hope is cool..
Federal judges—what a pox on our house.
This buffoon “judge” needs his @$$ kicked for violating the First Amendment rights of these high school kids. “Judges” should not be allowed to base their decisions on the Constitution or Bill of Rights if they are clueless to what they say and mean. The Bill of Rights prohibits the Federal government, NOT THE PEOPLE, from engaging in certain activities. School kids ARE NOT Federal employees. Neither are their teachers.
As our nation gets further away from God, He will get further away from us. “One nation under God” has become One nation without God.
DEFY THEM!
They cant arrest all of us.
We need to make that a battle cry.
It is past time for civil disobediance.
It is past time for the governed to withdraw our consent.
This needs to go far and wide...
US Supreme Court
Town of Greece v. Galloway
“The town’s practice of opening its town board meetings with a prayer offered by members of the clergy does not violate the Establishment Clause when the practice is consistent with the tradition long followed by Congress and state legislatures, the town does not discriminate against minority faiths in determining who may offer a prayer, and the prayer does not coerce participation with non-adherents.”
O Lord my God,
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all
The world Thy Hand hath made,
I see the stars,
I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow’r throughout
The universe displayed;
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
Powerful!
Good for them.
Our daughter and her friend were in a bad car crash in their senior year, both of them HS Marching Band and their band director and their band team held daily prayer sessions inside the band room every day. Director said he knew it wasn’t allowed, but they did it anyway.
PS: Don’t mess with Marching Band People!!! They do boot camp every summer.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves needs disbarred!
This is the kind of stuff that happens when your local school district accepts federal money.
If the District takes any Federal money, either directly, or funneled through the State, the Federal courts would have a say.
“If the District takes any Federal money, either directly, or funneled through the State, the Federal courts would have a say. “
Another perfect example of why the Department of Education should be shuttered and Federal Taxes reduced so that the money going into this rathole could be used at the state and local level.
How long do you think the good Lord will allow earthlings to treat Him so ?
Where does that judge live?
Why?
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