Posted on 07/17/2014 3:35:56 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
ORLANDO – A federal judge has given a secular organization the green light to distribute more atheistic and anti-Christian materials to Florida public school students, in spite of the materials’ graphic content and offensive language.
As previously reported, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) learned last year that a Christian ministry had made Bibles available to Orlando high school students on “Religious Freedom Day.” To counter the Bible distribution, FFRF sought permission from the school district to give students a variety of atheistic and anti-Christian materials.
According to reports, the Orange County School Board permitted FFRF to distribute several books and pamphlets, including a booklet entitled “What’s Wrong With The Ten Commandments?” and a brochure entitled “What Is An Atheist?” However, the board prohibited FFRF from giving students several other publications, citing the materials’ “disruptive” and inappropriate content.
FFRF promptly sued the school board for not allowing the distribution of the materials. Eventually, the school board complied with the organization’s demands, giving FFRF permission to distribute the previously-prohibited materials. Then, earlier this month, a district judge officially dismissed the FFRF lawsuit, thus giving the green light to the in-school distribution of atheistic materials.
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I wish I could feel like that. I am just feeling anger.
“But they are influencing young children. If they want to promote atheism, then Christians can promote Christianity.”
Doesn’t the story say that is exactly what happened? The Christians got to give the kids Bibles, so the school district had to allow the atheists to present their materials too.
It’s got to be one of the other. Either any religion/ideology can promote themselves on the school grounds, or none of them can. If the government starts picking which religion they want to allow, that is when I get worried. I do not trust the government to make the correct choice in those matters.
You know who atheists remind me of? That person everyone knows who says the are “so over” their ex, yet they can’t stop talking about them.
Did you read the article?
It was the school board which decided that Christian groups could come into the school and give out Bibles to the students. It was only in response to that program that the Atheists demanded, and got, equal time.
“Many people have expressed concern at FFRF’s literature, arguing that the graphic, insulting material is inappropriate in a public school setting.
“The Christians wanted to only distribute Bibles to those who wanted them—not force them on anyone, not bash other religions,” one commenter noted. “… Then the atheists got involved, and they wanted to distribute material, not to promote atheism, but to denigrate Christianity and religion in general. They are not content with presenting their belief system, they have to tear down others belief systems.””
I would love to see FFR try to stop schools from promoting islam. Seems they only want to stop Christianity.
Public School Promotes 5 Pillars of Islam
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/public-school-promotes-5-pillars-of-islam.html
So can we distribute Bibles then too?
God will have the vengeance, for sure.
**But they are influencing young children.**
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Absolutely. Glad my kids are grown. Public schools have become evil.
They’ll probably chuck the stuff straight into the nearest dumpster. Kids never read stuff they get at school unless there’s a grade involved.
where on Earth do these jackass judges come from and where do they get the authority to do about 2/3 of the trash that they do????
Good point.
Wow. I had no idea. Fitting, indeed.
Public schools are child abuse
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Why do they need to bring in outsiders to distribute the materials? Similar stuff (using much softer rhetoric) is woven into the curriculum already.
I see you are a relative newbie. Stuff like that doesn’t fly around here.....
I think he converted just for the jokes...
“What is an atheist?”
According to Psalm 14, the atheist is a FOOL!!!!
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’.”
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