Posted on 09/30/2005 9:05:22 AM PDT by Coleus
By Jim Brown
September 27, 2005
(AgapePress) - A coalition of churches in a small Illinois county is protesting a decision by a local junior high school to confiscate pictures of Jesus and The Lord's Supper.
Citing legal liability concerns, the Anna School Board [Anna, Illinois] decided to remove the three religious pictures -- two portraits of Christ and a reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" -- from the walls of Anna Junior High School, where they had hung for half a century. The move comes after the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State called on the district to remove the pictures, calling their presence in the school "grossly unconstitutional." Upon advice from its legal counsel, the district complied.
Local churches outraged over the decision are now circulating a petition to get the pictures re-hung. Pastor Al Campbell is president of the Union County Alliance of Churches. "It's time to draw a line in the sand, so to speak, and we are going to do everything we can to get those pictures re-hung," the Methodist pastor says.
School superintendent Bob O'Dell expressed to The Southern Illinoisan his belief that many people in the district were fine with their presence, but that it was obvious someone was not and contacted Americans United, which does not have a state chapter. "Those pictures have been up there 50 years at least," O'Dell said. "We felt the community wanted those pictures to be there."
As for Pastor Campbell, he believes ignorance of the Constitution and anti-Christian bigotry are at play. "There's a misunderstanding around the nation as to the separation of church and state," he asserts. "Separation of church and state was never meant to be used in the way it is being used now. But I do feel like the people that forced this action probably are anti-Christian or atheist."
It is not clear, he adds, whether the letter from Americans United came from someone who is a member of the district or someone who does not even live in the area. "[W]e don't know because they still have never signed the letter," he says, "so we don't know who they are."
Campbell says the Alliance of Churches will present the petition to the Anna School Board at its October 18 meeting.
Paulson goes so far as to state; “We need to attack Jesus…”
Give it your best shot daddy-o.
the ACLU is not involved in this at all? I find that very hard to believe.
Or is this the lawyers version of "honor among thieves" ?
that is lawyers vs lawyers in print -- I'm not disparaging the organization and especially NOT the article.
Probably shouldn't have bothered to have said it anyway.
My Apologies to the readers here.
Would they try this against Muslims? I doubt it.
The Southern Poverty Law Center could be more anti American than the ACLU. This is the group that stole a ranch for illegal aliens in Texas.
No aethiest attacks "religious" symbols. They attack Christian symbols. It's not aetheism, they would have a much more neutral view on it. These people are anti-christian. These are the same folks that would fight tooth and nail having a nativity scene on school grounds but would have no problem with that same school celebrating ramadan, even if no muslims were in attendance.
Of course they want to attack Jesus.After all,part of the cornerstone of Jesus's teachings were Commandments that start with "thou shalt not".
How dare Jesus impose his morality on anyone?!?!
Ping-More hyper-skepticism at work.
I'd like to see all of his neighbors put crosses on their lawns.
that's a good idea.
and Jesus forgives this scumbag, but devils in the hell are already dancing.
Wonder which Soros is behind this "activist"?
The closest this guy will ever get to Jesus is standing in front of St. Peter who will be directing him to the hallway across from heaven.
Watch out for that first step!
Hmm. No complete and direct quotes given. Skepticism runs high regarding this article.
Hmm. No complete and direct quotes given. Skepticism runs high regarding this article. >>
I was also wondering when and where too.
Isn't this precisely what Adolf Hitler attempted in Nazi Germany? Here too it shall fail -the rock of offence so many unbelievers stumble over will prevail.Every knee shall bow,every tongue confess.. as it is written so it shall be.
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