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To: Kenton

Time to get off planet pluto and come to earth - " the school allowed the prayer"

The school didnt allow the prayer the student did if of her own free will. Quit acting like you are so offended. This is a Christian nation - founded by Christians under Christian philosophy. There is no seperation of church and state in the Constitution.

Damn PC police everywhere you turn - always worried about offending someone. Time to get over yourself and quit acting like the world centers around you. America is 90% Christian which means that we make acceptance for other religions but that doesnt mean we cant practice our own in any venue we please.


61 posted on 11/23/2005 11:03:19 AM PST by sasafras ("Licentiousness destroyes order, and when chaos ensues, the yearning for order will destroy freedom.)
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To: sasafras
There is no seperation of church and state in the Constitution.

Well, not in those exact words. But there is a proscription against displaying favoritism for one religion over another. Again, not in those exact words. But it's there, in that part about "no law respecting an establishment of religion".

Time to get over yourself and quit acting like the world centers around you.

Actually, I might suggest the same to you. Being Christian myself, I'm not offended by her call at all. I just think it was an inappropriate place to do it, because it wasn't a Christian event, it was a public graduation.

America is 90% Christian which means that we make acceptance for other religions

LOL... that's the same sort of thing the Saudis say about religious freedom, including that silly part about how we Christians gratuitously allow others to practice their religion. Does that make my Jewish best buddy a "Christian" version of dhimmi?

but that doesnt mean we cant practice our own in any venue we please.

Hey man, you can handle snakes or wear a signboard around Public Square warning everybody to "Repent, the end is near" till the proverbial cows come home, for all I care. But you're not going to convince anybody outside of your chosen circle of much of anything. But then you need to talk to people besides the folks you go to church with once in awhile in order to understand that.

And although you have your right to freedom of expression, you don't have the right to a publicly-funded venue for your private opinions.

127 posted on 11/23/2005 11:52:45 AM PST by Kenton (Muslims want to play by their own version of "girls' rules")
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