Posted on 01/19/2022 2:35:04 PM PST by simpson96
California has settled litigation against its inclusion of prayers to Aztec and Yoruba gods that were approved in the state's ethnic studies "model curriculum" this spring.
The lawsuit alleged that children were expected to participate in these prayers or "face the social implications of declining to participate," a violation of their free exercise. The plaintiffs claim the California Constitution is stricter than the U.S. Constitution on separation of church and state.
The settlement requires California to remove the “In Lak Ech Affirmation” and “Ashe Affirmation” from the online ESMC and notify "all school districts, charter schools and county offices of education" that the prayers were deleted.
"It is contemplated that the notification will also convey" that ESMC content should not be used "as prayer, or any other form of religious act," which would violate the State Board of Education's "longstanding policy and guidance." The SBE and California Department of Education also agreed "not to encourage" the use of the prayers in schools.
The state continues to dispute that the prayers' inclusion violates the California Constitution's religion proscriptions.
The Thomas More Society represented Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, which filed the lawsuit. The state agreed to pay $100,000 to cover their legal fees.
The prayers are associated with Aztec human sacrifices, the public interest law firm's special counsel Paul Jonna said in a press release.
They "seek blessings from and the intercession of these demonic forces," and the ESMC "instructed students to chant the prayers for emotional nourishment after a ‘lesson that may be emotionally taxing or even when student engagement may appear to be low.’"
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They’ll just have the kids pray to Moloch. Like they do.
It had to go to court. SMH
What? No human sacrifices? No beating hearts ripped out of living chests? I am so disappointed.
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Libtards love paganism and forcing it on your kids 🤪
The same hypocritical fools who don’t want teachers and students to wear Crucifixes or Stars of David in the schools. But worshipping someone else’s gods, or worshipping the earth as part of an environmental save the planet curriculum, yes that 🐂💩 goes on as well, is A OK. It’s one thing to teach young skulls full of mush about different religions and cultures, as long as it’s done in an OBJECTIVE non indoctrinating manner
Good.
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules”.
— Alinsky
Where does the Teachers Union and the State’s education department come up with these loons?
The Aztec thing is worth study.
This is like when they took the indian woman off land of lakes butter.
Bury history so it is forgotten
So the Aztecs were wrong, it was not 2012 it was 2021
So Orwell was also off a few years, it was not 1984
But over all, the baby sacrificing Aztecs were pretty accurate.
Good G-d, these Californians in charge of education are raving lunatics!
“Where does the Teachers Union and the State’s education department come up with these loons?”
The ‘loons’ actively seek control over these organizations.
But the human sacrifices are still required and must continue.
Aztec kamala.
I remember that band.
ainrofilaC still the same
As long as Planned Parenthood has clinics in California, the human sacrifices will continue. After all, abortion is a liberal sacrament, along with deviant sex.
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