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Posted on 05/26/2005 3:50:28 PM PDT by bulldozer
PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union sued in federal court Thursday to prevent prayer at a high school graduation ceremony Saturday, and a judge signed a negotiated agreement upholding the ban.
The Keystone School District's school board and solicitor had agreed to the prayer ban on Monday, but the ACLU sued because some in the Clarion County community were hoping school officials would allow prayer anyway, said Witold "Vic" Walczak, legal director of the group's Pittsburgh chapter.
"When public schools reserve time at a graduation ceremony for prayers, they violate the Constitution by putting the power, prestige and endorsement of the state behind whatever prayer is offered," Walczak said
(Excerpt) Read more at phillyburbs.com ...
05/19/05 Keystone board warned to stop prayers
05/22/05 ACLU Puts Local District on Notice (Knox,PA)
05/24/05 Prayer issue draws large crowd at Keystone (PA ACLU Alert)
05/24/05 Local churches rally for Keystone School District(ACLU News)
Just once I'd like to see a judge order a lawyer for the ALCU starved to death. That would be justice.
The Communist ACLU keeps up its anti-Christian, anti-American efforts --- ongoing abuse of freedom. The tolerance for this trash, in this country, is amazing.
Since the ACLU likes to quote the Constitution so much, perhaps we should inundate their NYC office with:
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
It does not say anything about separating church and state but does say no prohibition on the free exercise of religion. Therefore the ACLU is preventing that very thing!!
As the line from the movie says....
"I hate those guys."
LVM
Time is always reserved for a Valedictorian, Have the Valedictorian give the prayer and dont tell anybody until after she ahs done it. Then the ACLU can go suck a donkeys butt.
It is not the ACLU that is at fault. Without the liberal judges and judicial system the ACLU would be ineffective.
Maybe someone can explain to me how the Clarion County District having a prayer at a graduation constitutes Congress making a law with respect to an establishment of religion?
The first thing you need to do is learn how to spell.
its everyones fault for allowing this to get this far
I seem to remember an instance in Maryland? a while ago where prayer was prohibited. The entire audience stood up and recited a prayer, either the Lord's prayer or the 23rd Psalm, I can't remember which.
That's the way to do it.
In fact, they should have a Christian prayer, a Jewish prayer and a prayer for whatever other religions are represented in the community ready to be recited and have three or four or five prayers in a row.
That is fully protected by the First Amendment and there is nothing the ACLU can do about it.
Perhaps it should be explained to the ACLU .... and the stupid judge ...
"It is not the ACLU that is at fault. Without the liberal judges and judicial system the ACLU would be ineffective."
They go hand in hand, one evil abetting the other.
ACLU is not Nti-Christian. those fucking extrem Christian ass-holes need to take it ez on this country. it's a free country not a Christian country.
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And once you learn how to spell, you should go back to whereever you came from. And take your anti-Christian hate with you. And by the way, to displace your gross ignorance you brought into the country, America was founded on Christian principles and remains a majority Christain country. Don't let the door hit you in the arse.
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Take the bat out of the hands of the ACLU and everybody else.
Schedule all activities not specifically related to classroom education OFF CAMPUS and make them voluntary. When the losers, malcontents, heathens and apathetic types don't show up then they have only themselves to blame.
Baccalaurate services, dances, etc. Who cares if the event has an 'official' stamp? If we are reduced to catering to the oddball 5% (usually your gays, atheists, etc) it ruins it for all. Let them attend school functions when there's nobody there!!!!! Serves em right!
You can help stop the ACLU by contacting your representatives to support the following:
Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., filed a measure to amend the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. Section 1988, to prohibit prevailing parties from being awarded attorneys fee in religious establishment cases, but not in other civil rights filings. If you want to corral the ACLU, then consider a letter or email to your Congressman urging them to cosponsor this legislation.
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