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Kindergartner says she was stopped from prayer over lunch
Orlando Sentinel ^ | April 1, 2014 | Lauren Roth

Posted on 04/02/2014 7:14:32 AM PDT by cyn

Edited on 04/02/2014 7:30:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gabriella; homeschool; jeremiahdys; libertyinstitute; lunchlady; lunchladyfromhell; marcosperez; prayerinschool
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Local story with more detail on the little girl stopped from praying over her lunch.

VIDEO father posted last Tues 3.25.14:
Lunch lady said I can't pray -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KJiorW8vhTM
currently listed as 84, 252 views

Original FR article last Thurs 3.27.14 (thanks, T.O.K.):
‘Lunch lady said I can’t pray,’ 5-year-old tells her parents -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138027/posts

A local (Oviedo, Seminole County, FL) newsource also posted this yesterday: http://m.local10.com/news/5yearold-seminole-county-student-says-teacher-told-her-not-to-pray/25267594

Thanks, Lauren Roth.

1 posted on 04/02/2014 7:14:32 AM PDT by cyn
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To: T.O.K.
Update on Gabriella's story. I wish the family well as this story hits local and "mainstream" news.

The interaction in Gabriella's words:

grumpy lunch lady/teacher: "It's not good to pray" Gabrielle (at ~ :45 & again at 1:05, brightening up): "I said, 'It *IS*good!'."

2 posted on 04/02/2014 7:16:13 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn

She has the right to pray unless she insisted on doing so through the schools PA system.
It’s court time and this should make a nice college fund for this little girl. Maybe a nice big house for when she is 21 with money in the bank as well.


3 posted on 04/02/2014 7:18:23 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: cyn

Who you gonna believe? A young child who says her teacher told her to stop praying or a liberal, sounds like athiest teacher who is going to be distributing Common Core propaganda to your children soon? Hmm...


4 posted on 04/02/2014 7:20:26 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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She would have been allowed to pray, but she forgot to bow in the direction of Mecca first


5 posted on 04/02/2014 7:20:42 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: cyn

THIS is why my daughter goes to Catholic school: they pray in the morning, at lunch, and at the end of the day. If there’s time in between, her nun teacher says the rosary or chaplet of Divine Mercy with them.

Parents should make every effort to get their kids out of the toxic, Common Core-infested, indoctrination camps known as public schools.


6 posted on 04/02/2014 7:22:35 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Bitter clinger & creepy-ass cracker)
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To: metmom; wintertime; GladesGuru; Excellence; Joe Brower; NautiNurse; MinuteGal; floriduh voter
Story hitting local/ahem mainstream papers.

There is good info in this article w/answers to the questions we were asking last Thursday:

* YES! Gabriella taken out of school.

* YES! principal notified.

* YES! law firm (Liberty Institute, Plano TX) takes note.

* YES! cya has begun.


7 posted on 04/02/2014 7:23:02 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: A CA Guy

Yeah. I agree. They’ve been suing us for “freedom from religion’ which is not in the Constitution. It’s freedom OF religion you dolts. Its time to start suingthem back for something that IS in the Constitution and guaranteed as a right.


8 posted on 04/02/2014 7:23:50 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

I KNOW!! immediate full-scale blame-the-victim cya mode.

Goliath vs praying little girl... what a sweet demeanor she has. I wish the family well through all this.


9 posted on 04/02/2014 7:25:16 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn

Why is this child not in Private either Catholic or Christian School? That is why we have them. Everyone knows you can’t pray in a public school. That is one of many reasons that we send our kids to Catholic School.


10 posted on 04/02/2014 7:25:18 AM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: cyn

“The Perezes said they accelerated existing plans to home-school her.”

Praise God and high five to the parents.


11 posted on 04/02/2014 7:25:19 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Ezekiel; Red Badger; PATRIOT1876

The lunch lady from hell. Photo on previous thread thanks to RedBadger.


12 posted on 04/02/2014 7:27:49 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn

She needs a prayer room.
Quick!
Get her a prayer room. With a foot bath.


13 posted on 04/02/2014 7:28:01 AM PDT by Zuse
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To: Zuse; SkyDancer; bigbob; I want the USA back; 12th_Monkey
She needs a prayer room.
Quick!
Get her a prayer room. With a foot bath.

Don't you know it! Same observation made on previous thread.

It will be interesting to see where it goes from here, as David / Goliath line up.

14 posted on 04/02/2014 7:35:01 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn

*Sigh* It’s only going to get worse. We’re being destroyed from within.


15 posted on 04/02/2014 7:36:32 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: jsanders; Ezekiel
I hope everyone sees the VIDEO -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KJiorW8vhTM

The interaction in Gabriella's words:

grumpy lunch lady/teacher: "It's not good to pray"

Gabrielle (at ~ :45 & again at 1:05, brightening up): "I said, 'It *IS*good!'."

16 posted on 04/02/2014 7:40:03 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn

Next time she prays, she should face east-northeast and say that she’s facing Mecca. That will put a stop to the harassment.


17 posted on 04/02/2014 7:51:16 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: cyn

Hi, cyn. spongebob throw you gave me for Christmas long time ago I still have it. I’m certain it was from you unless my memory is really bad. Great to see your thread. FV


18 posted on 04/02/2014 8:13:26 AM PDT by floriduh voter (My ducks are not on the menu. They're funny looking dogs.)
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To: floriduh voter

Hi, fv (hug), happy spring!


19 posted on 04/02/2014 8:27:55 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: Fiji Hill
Next time she prays, she should face east-northeast and say that she’s facing Mecca. That will put a stop to the harassment.

obviously, if she was a Muslim, we would be having different conversation now.
20 posted on 04/02/2014 9:00:15 AM PDT by Henderson
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