Posted on 05/20/2006 11:44:17 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
COLLEYVILLE — A yearbook cover that omits the words "In God We Trust" from a picture of an enlarged nickel has angered some parents.
Liberty Elementary, a new school in suburban Fort Worth, chose the coin because the nickel's new design prominently features the school's name in cursive.
The coin also has "In God We Trust" along the right edge, but the phrase was removed from the yearbook. Instead, the $16 book came with a sticker that gave students the choice of putting the phrase back on the nickel.
Some parents say the school's decision was political correctness gone too far.
"I think it's really ridiculous," said Debi Ackerman, who has a 10-year-old daughter at the school. "Now it has come to this. ... When is it going to end?"
Keller ISD spokesman Jason Meyer said a parent's group at the school approved the decision before the book was published. Liberty Principal Janet Travis wanted to avoid offending students of different religions, Meyer said.
"It's not always easy to make everybody happy when we are making decisions," Meyer said.
This was already posted, so I'll say again what I said then: these people are looneys. It's the NATIONAL CURRENCY, for cryin' out loud. If they don't like our currency, maybe they should stop taking it.
Hey, bit**, this is America, let the immigrants adjust, you dont like our ways? you feel offended? go back to where you came from.
But pissing everybody off, on the other hand, is a cinch....
Actually, I think this compromise was reasonable. The rally cry shouldn't be "How dare they!?!" but "Everyone should sport the "optional" sticker!"
IMHO, they got it backwards. Put "In God We Trust" on the cover and left the sticker cover it up.
Even better: poll the students and let them decide (yes, I know this is an elementary school).
"In God We Trust" would not offend anyone except atheists....now we are afraid of offending atheists? Tell 'em to take a hike, and stop this politically correct nonsense!
Nah, can't do that. That pesky First Amendment, remember? Freedom of Religion includes atheists.
I'm with "upchuck":
> Put "In God We Trust" on the cover and left the sticker cover it up.
The nickel has "IN GOD WE TRUST". Somebody doesn't like it, they can cover it up. The rest of us like it there.
I know people in the KISD, and so far the district has managed to stay above this. The team name for Keller High School is the Indians, so I suppose that's the next target.
BULLCRAP! A few people dictate what is because of their close minded religious bigotry and intolerance? Why do a few people have more veto power then the hundred or so parents and students? They would have saved more money by printing off the couple of stickers for the complainers then print off the hundred of stickers for everyone else! Personally would have told them to go to hell (since they don't believe it they can't be offended) and tell them to cram their bogus church and state arguement until they can Constitutionally prove it!
I could be wrong, but I thought the only reason that phrase remains on coins is that, as a practical matter, it would be too expensive to eliminate it and that regardless, it's a de minimus violation because the type is so small and for the most part no one notices unless they go out of their way to find it.
And neither of those arguments apply in this case.
I think they should have printed the "In God We Trust" and given a sticker to whoever was offended.
I think two stickers would have been enough.
The compromise is reasonable because it doesn't prohibit the display of "In God We Trust". It allows each individual to display it if that is their wish.
It would have equally valid a compromise if the phrase had been printed on the yearbook and students had been told they were allowed to cover up the phrase if they so chose.
The argument shouldn't be "How dare they!" but that the children should be encouraged to be proud of their American heritage and display the phrase proudly. All this yammering by the "How dare they!" crowd isn't going to get anywhere with the real issue which is how do the kids feel about being proud of our country's recognition of God as someone in whom our nation trusts.
Sometimes I think the indignant crowd are just perpetually unhappy. But arguing with Godless liberals doesn't win us the battle for the souls of the children and young adults. And the latter is real battle. Concentrate on winning them, and stop getting distracted with the superficial battle. Win the kids, and they'll join the fight in bringing the Christian hating Left to heel by mere attrition.
Okay. So don't let them have access to any U.S. coins or currency bearing the odious phrase.
Baloney! They didn't print it, therefore it was prohibited! Good to know you support censorship for political correctness! The nickel says what it say, but lets compromise even more. I like Reagan better than Jefferson, so lets put his face on the nickel to make me happy as well. Liberty? Lets just say mutual agreed upon freedom. Should the school then have 8 or 9 different stickers so everyone can have thier sensitivitys satisfied?
That's ridiculous. Anybody can write or paste or get their own stickers to put anything they want in any publication. Does that make it 'official' and 'acceptable'? There is no reality, no absolute in that world...which is exactly what the Godless socialists want. The point is you allow censorship by an anonymous minority of cowardly radicals who probably have no problem collecting and spending tens of millions of those nickels (Colleyville is a wealthy town).
All this yammering by the "How dare they!" crowd isn't going to get anywhere with the real issue which is how do the kids feel about being proud of our country's recognition of God as someone in whom our nation trusts.
Actually, I'm more fearful of people with your logic than the PC screwballs. You would enable them by saying God is optional. If too many, or any, people go along with you, we're in big trouble.
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