Sheets Memorial kicks out Catholic student (Christian private school)

The Lexington Dispatch (North Carolina) ^ | July 15, 2002 | Associated Press

[Darth Sidious]

I found this interesting, particularly in light of the openening for school vouchers.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

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[Texaggie79]

haha, kick the Mary worshipers!!!!! < /sarcasm>

[RoughDobermann]

“I didn’t know there was such a schism in Christianity,” he said. “The underlying thing about Christianity is to feel Christ’s love and passion for men and they taught me the complete opposite.”

Well, now you know junior...

[Texaggie79]

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[Libertarian_4_eva]

I found this interesting, particularly in light of the openening for school vouchers.

If this upsets you do not worry about it. Once schools start taking vouchers the federal government will get involved and not allow a school to be this free with its admissions. When that happens schools already will be too dependent on the children going to school with vouchers to be independent and will do what the government tells them to.

[Darth Sidious]

Pro-voucher that I am, that's what I found so interesting about this. There's gonna be court cases out the wazoo like this once they get going full-bore.

[zandtar]

“My son ended up being taught more about hypocrisy than Christian love,” Cynthia Holmes said.

Indeed. Such as the religious school of your choice is "too far" so you decide to enroll in a different religious school and expect them to bow to your religious beliefs.

[valkyrieanne]

So what do you all think? If this student came with a voucher (especially a federal one - all sorts of federal anti-discrimination and affirmative action regulations come to mind), should the school be allowed to kick him out? *Would* the school be allowed to kick him out?

[Darth Sidious]

haha, kick the Mary worshipers!!!!! < /sarcasm>

I used to go to a school a lot like this one. You're more right than you know.

I went to the school's website. Pretty much what I was expecting: an indoctrination factory not unlike public schools, except this one churns out little legalists. No doubt that very few of them will ever know the real joy of a true life in Christ. I've seen young people screwed up far worse coming out of independent Baptist schools than they ever would be in a public school.

[Clara Lou]

The worst flaming I ever received was for mentioning that vouchers might give the government a say-so in a private school's business.

[Darth Sidious]

*Would* the school be allowed to kick him out?

If the student hadn't been previously enrolled before, I can see him being turned down, even with voucher in hand.

But since he's already a student, and if his education was already being supplemented with a voucher... then there could be a situation that arises (discrimination, etc.)

[Texaggie79]

Seen filth come out of Catholic schools as well.

[Orual]

It also admits students “of any race, color, national and ethnic origin.”...“We have other denominations that go to this school, but the basic doctrine is the same,” he said, adding that Catholicism is not the same basic doctrine.

"It's a Mother of a problem for us, he added."

Botticelli

[San Jacinto]

“My son ended up being taught more about hypocrisy than Christian love,” Cynthia Holmes said.

If you want to go to a Baptist School, go to one. If you want to go to a Catholic School, go to one of those. What is so hard about that? I guess it is just easier for some people to demand that others conform to whatever is most convenient for them.

[CdMGuy]

Why would anyone flame you. You are right on the money. The Feds are already doing it with private colleges who have students getting Federal assistance funds. It will happen under vouchers, and I am a voucher supporter. The public school system monopoly needs to be broken up. Hopefully, vouchers will help to accomplish that, but they will result in a new set of problems, hopefully, not as bad.

[southern rock]

The worst flaming I ever received was for mentioning that vouchers might give the government a say-so in a private school's business.

And you are correct. Vouchers will destroy the private schools.

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Sheets Memorial

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Admitting Ben to the school wasn’t a problem, Hightower said, but he had no idea the family would be active to the Catholic Church.

Hightower is either an idiot or a liar.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Vouchers will destroy the private schools.

How many private schools have been destroyed because of the GI Bill?