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So... disagreeing with the religious right and their Rev. Moore philosphy makes me a "leftie"? Who's the useful dupe?

The only reason the principal asked the teacher to change the play was so not to offend the Christians. So yeah, I'm coming down hard on them. I bet they also object to teaching scientific "myths" like Evolution and the Earth being round.

So... disagreeing with the religious right and their Rev. Moore philosphy makes me a "leftie"? Who's the useful dupe?

The only reason the principal asked the teacher to change the play was so not to offend the Christians. So yeah, I'm coming down hard on them. I bet they also object to teaching scientific "myths" like Evolution and the Earth being round.

I never said you were a leftiee. I said you were acting like a useful dupe for the left, meaning that you were, hopefully unintentionally, advancing their campaign of disgust and hatred for Christians by believing their spin on the incident in question. However, it is apparent to me just by your equating the scepticism of evolution with believing that the Earth is flat that you are probably hostile to Christians with or without the prompting of the mainstream media. So, in this particular area, you are more than happy to help advance the leftist agenda.

I'd also like to ask you why it is a bad thing that a small town community should be able to set its own standards for decency. If they want to ban "Grease" from high school because they think it promotes irresponsible teenage behavior, then why shouldn't they be able to do so? Why should people from Texas or California or anywhere else be able to dictate to people in Fulton, Mo what standards they are allowed to have and which they are not? If there are people that don't like the standards put forth by Fulton, then don't move there. That is the essence of a free country. Apparent statists like yourself would rather have morality dictated to them by some sort of central organization, perhaps a federal agency, maybe a ministry of (im)moral standards?

Let me ask you this, if this controversy had erupted in an Amish high school, and the Amish had rejected all 3 plays (which they undoubtedly would), would we be having this discussion? Would we be trashing the Amish for upholding their community standards? Are they not free to be Amish? If you say no, then you do not believe in freedom of religion, or freedom at all, in my opinion, because you believe that lifestyles and communities should be dictated to by people thousands of miles away. However, if you say yes, then I ask you why should Baptists in Missouri be treated any differently?

Every time I read a thread like this, I get the theme from the Beverly Hillbillies going through my head. Which is a shame because Jed and all his kin had a lot more sense than some of the posters here.