Posted on 08/24/2015 10:22:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai
An atheist group is demanding that publicly funded universities take immediate steps to bar Christian coaches and chaplains from “converting football fields into mission fields.”
“The words of coaches and chaplains make clear that their purpose is to instill Christianity in vulnerable young men,” the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) says in a new report, titled “Pray to Play.”
“Public universities and their employees cannot endorse, promote, or favor religion,” the report states. “Yet, many football coaches at public universities bring in chaplains—often from their own church or even members of their own family—to prey on and pray with students, with no regard for the rights of those students or the Constitution.
“These coaches are converting playing fields into mission fields and public universities are doing nothing to halt this breach of trust. They are failing their student athletes.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Be certain you have taken time to get a good background on Communistic thought so you can detect it quickly wherever it appears. …That one is construed as advice to schoolteachers. But how many are even concerned with that now, since it is so institutionalized these days?
Good point. “Socialist” has become a “term of endearment”, rather than a pejorative term. Just like an Islamic name like “Hussein” has become fashionable. Crazy days we live in. What do you think of my previous comment on Sodomites in sports? Just curious!
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