Posted on 05/05/2014 7:01:09 PM PDT by bryan999
A professor at a public university in North Carolina forbade his students from thanking God in personal statements that will be delivered during their departmental graduation ceremony on Friday.
In an email obtained by Campus Reform, Assistant Professor Eli Hvastkovs, who teaches chemistry at East Carolina University (ECU), instructed his students to prepare a family friendly 35 word personal statement that mentions future plans or thanks someone. The students, however, were explicitly forbidden from thanking God.
I've had some submissions that needed to be edited. so [sic] here are some guidelines, the email reads. 1. You can't thank God. I'm sorry about this and I don't want to have to outline the reasons why.
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
Agreed.
Without Helms, NC perishes.
Ever notice how many news stories there are lately regarding a liberal or liberal group banning or seeking to ban someone or someone’s point of view?
It’s who they are.
The students should do it anyway
“I would like to thank God for his Divine aid and help ...”
“Be silent! You are forbidden to say that!”
“Shut up you piece of S***! F*** you! Where do you come off telling me what to do, you scumbag!” ( Guess I showed him! )
... That’s how it seems to me.
I was thinking, would it blow his mind if a student stopped, said that ‘since we cannot thank God aloud, the following minute of silence is doing the job/will have to suffice.’
Romans 1:28-32
No,pal...be our guest.We've got time.And we're all ears.
What a bigot!
Is that him? The one they now call Prof. Butthead?
So long as there are exams, there will be prayer on campus.
The guy is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. It doesn’t sound like he’s very far up in the academic heirarchy. How would he have the right to ban (or permit) anything that anyone might say?
thats him alright...
Commie Professor, can they thank Allah?
BTW, the email went through with no difficulty.
Leni
So, if they just decided to thank Jesus at the end of their speech and walk away, what would happen? Take his degree away? Unlikely. Throw him out? It would embarrass the school and show everyone how ridiculous they are.
They aren’t banned. Here’s the rest of the article:
...............”When asked if the university allows students to thank God upon graduation, ECU Executive Director of Communication Mary Schulken told Campus Reform that the First Amendment allows them to thank God, to thank any force or any individual that they so desire.
After Hvastkovss interview with Campus Reform, Provost Marilyn Sheerer released an email advising students disregard Hvastkovss guidelines.
Sheerer’s response told students that [r]eligious references of any type will not be restricted, and the [u]niversity will only limit these expressions, as permitted by applicable First Amendment law.
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Some nerve of this jerk to demand what people can talk about.
Time to ship these people to the paradise they so lust after...North Korea. Get them out of the country.
Sounds like a job for FIRE.....
Now that's just silly, you know it would be impossible to land a kick there, what with his head being so far up his............
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