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Teen Issues School Ultimatum Over Alleged Bible Verse Ban
YouTube ^ | 8/21/25 | CBN News

Posted on 08/23/2025 1:06:50 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

A high school senior who claims she was banned from painting biblical messages on her student parking spot is fighting back. Sabrina Steffens, a senior at Grand Island High School near Buffalo, New York, told CBN News that seniors at her school are allowed to personalize their paid parking spots. But when she attempted to have verses and Christian art painted on hers, the school reportedly refused.


TOPICS: Education; Religion
KEYWORDS: education; freespeech; newyork; ny

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Rhetorical question of the day: Would the school administration react the same way if a student painted Qur'anic verses or Wiccan symbolism in their parking space?
1 posted on 08/23/2025 1:06:50 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

You misspelled demonic verses.


2 posted on 08/23/2025 1:08:47 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Impala64ssa

Would the school react the same way if she wanted to paint rainbows or LGBTQRT+++ slogans?


3 posted on 08/23/2025 1:12:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Stupid that a school allows students to paint public property


4 posted on 08/23/2025 1:14:02 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Democracy to Demo rats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
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To: Impala64ssa

No one should be painting anything on a school parking spot. Unless the school allowed others to paint their spots, she shouldn’t be allowed to do this.


5 posted on 08/23/2025 1:15:10 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Hopefully the school has the same policy for the Black Looters Movement or somebody is going to get their butts sued.


6 posted on 08/23/2025 1:17:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialist communism, but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Impala64ssa

The student should prevail, but only if she can show that school has already allowed other religious or political messages.

Otherwise, the school should prevail, as it has the right to set reasonable boundaries. Because if a Christian message is allowed, so would an Islamic message.

And I would not want children exposed to Muslim propaganda. Remember, we’re talking children here. Even in high school, they can be quite impressionable.


7 posted on 08/23/2025 1:19:16 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Now, go out and buy a mansion.


8 posted on 08/23/2025 1:25:46 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

> No one should be painting anything on a school parking spot. <

It’s often done as a way to boost student morale. Work hard, make to it the 12th grade, and you get a few perks.

But it would be nice if the students had to first put down, say, $15. Then after graduation the students have to return their parking spaces back to their original conditions. Then they get their $15 deposit back.

There’s a lesson there, too.


9 posted on 08/23/2025 1:28:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Impala64ssa

She should settle for some definitions she can get from the Devil’s Dictionary


10 posted on 08/23/2025 1:37:14 PM PDT by algore
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

From the 2nd of 3 sentences:

“...seniors at her school are allowed to personalize their paid parking spots.”


11 posted on 08/23/2025 1:50:00 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Farmerbob

Excellent catch 🎣🎣🎣


12 posted on 08/23/2025 1:54:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Impala64ssa

Once these institutions supported the LGBTQRSTUV religion, they lost any argument against whatever sign, symbol, or text someone wanted to use.


13 posted on 08/23/2025 2:27:37 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Impala64ssa

The law is crystal clear on this. If they allow everybody else to decorate their space as they see fit, they can’t stop a Christian message. It’s exactly the same as letting students wear all kind of jewelry, but banning a crucifix necklace. The young lady is probably about to get her college paid for with a settlement. She needs to contact the ACLJ immediately.


14 posted on 08/23/2025 3:33:34 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Leaning Right

She doesn’t even have to show that it’s a political or religious message previously allowed. She just has to demonstrate that anyone can decorate their space. The school does not have a right to prohibit religious or political expression. That is pure First Amendment, and there is no exception for schools according to the courts.


15 posted on 08/23/2025 3:34:27 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Impala64ssa

She should have conspired with a friend who would post a Koran verse.


16 posted on 08/23/2025 6:08:03 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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