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Bible-Reading Student Gets Lesson in Litigation
Washington Post ^ | October 3, 2006 | Eric Rich

Posted on 10/03/2006 3:49:45 PM PDT by Brilliant

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1 posted on 10/03/2006 3:49:46 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Please note the article I posted immediately before this one.


2 posted on 10/03/2006 3:55:16 PM PDT by Brilliant
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As long as the Rutherford institute and the ACLJ do not extract painful monetary compensation, they will be fighting these penny ante lawsuits all over the country and draining themselves dry.

Monetary damages work.
3 posted on 10/03/2006 3:56:26 PM PDT by Chickensoup (If you don't go to the holy war, the holy war will come to you.)
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but they can be forced to take islamic names, study the quran etc..under the guise of "diversity"..


4 posted on 10/03/2006 3:56:50 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info)
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Wonder if the school would have had such a knee-jerk reaction if it had been a burka wearing 7th grader reading the Koran?


5 posted on 10/03/2006 3:57:41 PM PDT by twntaipan (I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than ride in Ted Kennedy's car.)
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The Principal is out of line.


6 posted on 10/03/2006 3:57:52 PM PDT by Borges
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She shoulda been reading a Koran...

Then she would have been given an award for being Multicultural and Diverse.


7 posted on 10/03/2006 3:58:09 PM PDT by ivy (If you can't bomb the enemy at a funeral, then why are you fighting the war?)
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She's gonna pretty much slam dunk win this one.


8 posted on 10/03/2006 3:58:31 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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Slam dunk in court. Assuming she wasn't reading out loud, she has complete protection here. It will be interesting to see if the ACLU will pick up this case. Interesting and quite telling.


9 posted on 10/03/2006 3:58:55 PM PDT by Paul Heinzman (I don't owe you tolerance; I owe you what I owe everyone else -- my complete and utter indifference.)
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The problem is that if you have to go to court to vindicate your right to free practice of religion, then the right isn't much good.


10 posted on 10/03/2006 3:59:47 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Whatever happens, you can be assured that the school VP will never feel an ounce of repercussion.


11 posted on 10/03/2006 3:59:57 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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Jinx - double jinx - triple jinx.


12 posted on 10/03/2006 3:59:59 PM PDT by Paul Heinzman (I don't owe you tolerance; I owe you what I owe everyone else -- my complete and utter indifference.)
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http://www.pgcps.org/~ddems/ddemsadmin.htm

The tyrants.


13 posted on 10/03/2006 4:01:51 PM PDT by L98Fiero (Evil is an exact science)
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Assuming she wasn't reading out loud, she has complete protection here.

Even if she was reading out loud, it is still protected and the school would be wrong. Lunch time is unsupervised time and even reading the Bible out loud is protected.

14 posted on 10/03/2006 4:02:05 PM PDT by Godzilla (No God, No Peace - Know God, Know Peace)
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She's obviously a hardened criminal.


15 posted on 10/03/2006 4:03:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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She can read silently or outloud on her own time. The school is way out of line. The way things are going schools could use alot more bible reading students.


16 posted on 10/03/2006 4:03:13 PM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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...the school system's administrative procedures... students "may read their Bibles or other scriptures, say grace before meals, and pray before tests to the same extent they may engage in comparable, non-disruptive activities."

That about makes it a slam dunk case.

17 posted on 10/03/2006 4:03:47 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)
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So why did she have to file a lawsuit to obtain this right?


18 posted on 10/03/2006 4:04:49 PM PDT by Brilliant
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That's the wrong way to look at it. If a court vindicates you, it affirms the right.


19 posted on 10/03/2006 4:05:49 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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"The way things are going schools could use alot more bible reading students."

Especially in that county.


20 posted on 10/03/2006 4:06:09 PM PDT by L98Fiero (Evil is an exact science)
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