so... give the athiest's a bench that says NOBODY LOVES YOU!!!I am just a citizen trying to raise a question of my elected officials, help keep my school district out of trouble, and prevent my tax dollars being wasted.
Why would this bench be any different than one where it says "Fred loves you."?......There are lots of people named Jesus......
Do you have a direct link?
Thanks
If this was trying to be resolved quietly, Mr Troll, how did the press and Atheists find out about it?
You fit in well at CNN.
Picking at the scab will make it bleed. You are a scab-picker. your CNN bias has not left you and you knew that the ACLU and other Communist organizations would bear this cross for you. ALL PUN INTENDED.
And you come here to "explain" yourself?
Was the bench placed on the school grounds by an act of congress? No.
Does the bench compel anyone to subscribe to a particular religious belief? No.
Was the content of the message developed and placed on the bench and funded by a party other than the school and/or school district? Yes.
Are other benches allowed on the school grounds with other messages, with content that is developed by someone other than the school and/or school district? Yes.
Welcome to Free Republic.
Any future challenge to the bench, he said, could be left to constitutional experts.
He got it going by providing the needed publicity to bring it to the attention of the activists, now it's up to someone else to actually bring suit.
Must be a satisfying job to be a paragon of "moral clarity" and a do-gooder eager to protect us from any possible harm that an acknowledgement of religiosity might cause.
Why don't you do some real good and question liberal judges that keep putting pedophiles on the strrets to abuse and mutilate our kids? Or don't you think that they are as potentially harmful as a "Jesus Love You" statement?
asswipe
"I am just a citizen trying to raise a question of my elected officials, help keep my school district out of trouble, and prevent my tax dollars being wasted."
Signing in from Roswell, Georgia, I'd appreciate it if you'd find something else to do and quit wasting my state tax dollars - and our time.
so... give the athiest's a bench that says NOBODY LOVES YOU!!!BS
"What if the Atlanta Freethought Society wanted to put up a bench that said, 'There is no God?'" Buckner added
That would be intolerant. A bench that says "Jesus loves you" does not imply anything against anyone.
Mr. Bernknopf, I have years of experience in the PTA for two Atlanta schools. If you really wanted to help your school district, you could work to insure the playgrounds are safe, the bathrooms are clean, the PTA is supported.
Why, you could even volunteer in the library or in the office to relieve the teachers who, I am sure, work very hard for the little money they earn.
I can't think of any worse public description than being called a former CNN producer. Poor judgment seems to be your way of life.
This was the first statement on the thread. It seems the first person making ASSumptions about people being wrong in their assumptions was you. What wrong assumptions have all of us around here made about the case? I think from reading the article I learned that the bench was privately funded and the message chosen by someone other than school or district personnel. Based on my reading of the article, I posted 4 questions that should have been adequate to satisfy you that there is no problem with the bench.
Be honest. Are you hoping someone else picks up the ball and runs with it?
You need to realize that everyday folks are getting real, real tired of being made to feel like they have to walk on eggshells due to their faith. The backlash has already started.
Oh B/S!! Get a life.
It's THE story of the week. No, the year. We need constant updates (accompanied by severe chastisement, of course) from now until 2006.
As "Smyrna resident Ed Buckner, secretary of the local chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the bench message clearly violates state and federal Supreme Court law." so there you have it. "Supreme Court Law" has been violated!
On a lighter note: How's Bobbie Batista doing these days?
local just damn