Posted on 05/25/2016 6:48:47 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The 70-year tradition of singing the Lord's Prayer during a high school graduation was nearly eliminated by the nation's largest atheist group. The valedictorian chose to deliver it anyway.
Traditionally, the Lord's Prayer was sung by East Liverpool's choir and was considered a significant part of their graduation ceremony.
When the Freedom Foundation for Separation of Church and State claimed East Liverpool school's tradition was a violation, school administrators chose to oblige their wishes, cancelling the song, avoiding a legal battle.
Larry Walton, school board president said the decision not to fight against the atheist group was a basic matter of economics.
"We said, 'Okay, we just won't do it anymore.' It was a decision made because we don't have a lot of money and we'd rather hire teachers than pay lawyers," Walton said. "It's a war we can't win."
However, the graduating class of 2016 wanted to honor the school's tradition. They did not back down.
Class Valedictorian Jonathan Montgomery took the stage and led the class in reciting the Lord's Prayer. The defiant move was met with a standing ovation for the graduates who stood up for their school.
It is reported that Walton is looking to have a nondenominational graduation ceremony in 2017.
Nicely done.
Will the fascist liberals take away his diploma? Will they have him arrested? Will he be denied entry into college?
All possibilities under a fascist regime.
See, there are young people who are not snowflakes!
What a sniveling coward.
You can't win if you don't fight.
Nope. Student led is different then sponsored by the school.
Bravo! Sadly, he’ll probably be the last of the Valadictorians.
Not from the totalitarian perspective.
If those folks behind him are school officials, man they look like they are really enjoying it.
Freegards
Jesus Himself said to consider what resources you have before setting out to battle.
They may be first in need of personal fortification (by systematically getting their lives in better accord with the Lord), and the weakness in the face of this challenge may be a warning sign to that effect.
Christian arrogance isn’t any better than anybody else’s arrogance.
“You can’t win if you don’t fight.”
Right!! This should be headlined in every single newspaper and lead every single newscast. (I wish)
Someone should get this to Donald trump and Drudge so MILLIONS can learn of these brave and wonderful kids.
God bless!
I hope everyone that was offended by this religious freedom went and hid in the ladies room. America’s new “safe zone.”
This was an alternative finding its own way, not a defiance in the original terms of the observation.
The suppression of expressions of Faith in public places is certainly not something the framers of our Constitution ever imagined, or would ever have found tolerable. It isn't, and must never be allowed to become so.
How sad a lone student has to stand against the system while adults remain silent.
There is only suppression of Chritianity. Suppression of the religion of homosexuality, Islam, the ACLU, and political correctness does not exist.
“Walton is looking to have a nondenominational graduation ceremony in 2017.”
Then there will be a spontaneous outbreak of the Lord’s Prayer by everyone present. It’s happened before.
Will the cops then lock down the hall?
‘”Walton said. ‘It’s a war we can’t win.’”
What a sniveling coward.
You can’t win if you don’t fight.’
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My standard response to the “take your kids out of publik school crowd”.
You can’t win the war cowering in your living room. You may temporarily protect your kids from dealing with the liberal agenda, but they’ll wind up outvoted at the ballot box.
Public schools ARE the battleground.
This is the kind of stuff we used to do in the 1960s. THREE CHEERS for the students! I have nothing but disgust for the administrators who would not stand up to the tyranny of outside agitators.
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