Posted on 08/09/2007 7:56:29 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
I wonder if they’ll sue when the muzzies get their 2 or 3 twenty-minute prayer-sessions in a specially-provided room with closed circuit tv views of Mecca.
“David Wallace Croft and his wife, Shannon, of Carrollton, Texas,”
Petty, hate-filled people.
A**holes! Perfect time to administer a punch in the gut.
Regardless of where anyone might stand religiously, I think just about anyone can see from this statement that these people are some of the most unconscionably stupid people this country has ever produced.
Question: To which God or gods is one praying if one sits there in silence? And how would anyone else ever know?
I think I’ve actually got one of his Java books. I knew I had heard that name somewhere before.
The bastardization of the Establishment Clause continues.... Few people realize that the Establishment Clause was not meant to apply to the states, but rather, as all the Bill of Rights were originally intended, only to the Federal Government. Even fewer people realize that as many as 8 of the original STATES had established religions, Mass. keeping theirs the longest, until 1835. But enough with the history lesson, it will be interesting to see how the new makeup of the Supreme Court affects the outcome, if at all, of Establishment Clause cases. At least there won’t be any more of O’Connor’s “balancing tests” ... Let’s hope anyway.
That's putting it mildly.
Jsut goes to show - you can give a person a degree, but you can’t give them intelligence or reasoning capacities.
We used to have several moments of silence when I was in the West Iron County Public School system. It was called “When the hand goes up, the mouths go shut”. The teachers were very liberal with this practice.
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Or these lines:
“I recently became a member of the all-volunteer democratic organization Atheist Alliance International.
I am a Physical Determinist; I do not believe that there is any inherent randomness in the physics of the universe.
I am confounded by how a universe could come to exist from null.”
LOL! That is classic.
This will probably get tossed out pretty quick. There is established case law that a moment of silence is NOT government-sponsored or -mandated prayer, as one has the option to pray to whatever God or gods one believes in, to meditate on the day, or not do anything at all.
That’s why we *have* moments of silence now instead of prayers, after all.
I just have to laugh at atheists who still create a religion.
I wonder if they'll sue when their children and grandchildren are required to abide by a muslim mandated government which was allowed to come to power because of limp wristed twits like themselves?
I just checked for his phone number. It's unlisted. Hmmm. I wonder why?
*sigh*
As a student I would have been THRILLED with a moment of silence, whether to pray, collect my thoughts, or even JUST BREATHE in silence.
These people need to get a grip. Unless someone is saying you “must” pray it is no more sanctioning school prayer than anything else.
I’m Jewish and a Texan — I grew up with prayers at football games — public high school. If it helps those who believe, more power to them. I was respectful and silent during their prayers. *shrug* I’m sure if enough Jews wanted a Jewish prayer we could have gotten (or I guess they still could get) a rabbi to lead one - I think though that now there are no prayers at all. Which I find more sad — I’ve always found the moment of silence a “fairer” compromise than anything else — at least be respectful of everyone’s beliefs.
If the humanistic kids want to stand on their heads for that minute, let them. If they want to read, let them. If they want to pick their nose and examine it under the scope - who cares? ;)
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