[ConservativeMajority]

If the school is deemed to be a place of "public accomodation", then all religious symbols would need to be removed and prayer would not be permitted. Clearly this would be a violation of the Frist Amendment rights of the school and the church that operates it.

Take that!

[Erik Latranyi]

If the school is deemed to be a place of "public accomodation", then all religious symbols would need to be removed and prayer would not be permitted

Plus, as I said above, if they accept public funding via the voucher system, they could be forced to accept gay students, gay groups on campus, etc. Oh, what a tangled web we weave!

[randog]

If the school is deemed to be a place of "public accomodation", then all religious symbols would need to be removed and prayer would not be permitted.

And the Catholic Church would have to end its practice of ex-communication, i.e. booting out people it doesn't like.

I believe SCOTUS made itself very clear several years ago on the issue of freedom of association.

[weegee]

The Freedom From Religion crowd would like just that. And what about those churches that are visible from the public streets? Wall them up or shut down those "discriminatory" private clubs; after all few churches preach all faiths.

If you want to practice religion, you should be forced to do so in the privacy of you bedroom where you are pemitted to commit all sorts of disgusting acts.

And you better not be bringing up your kids to believe in one religion. I've seen an article on FR that said that was child abuse and indoctrination.

The churches will continue to be assaulted. Not in the name of religous freedom, but in the name of atheist freedom: freedom from religion. Religious intolerance is growing in this country.

[montag813]

Clearly this would be a violation of the Frist Amendment rights of the school and the church that operates it.

All it takes is a MYRON THOMPSON-clone to say otherwise, and the Attorney General of the State of Oregon will be forced to take action against the Church.

I tell you a revolution is coming in this nation. Get as many guns as you can afford, and land far from the cities NOW.

[Luis Gonzalez]

If the school accepts any funding whatsoever from any level of government, they will be hard-pressed to maintain their position...separate Church and State or expect the Church to fall.

You can't be both independent, and accept money from the government.

If the school is truly private, they can thumb their noses at this complaint.

I've been arguing for quite sometime that all Churches should voluntarily walk away from their tax exemptions, and eliminate that achilles heel as well.

If you accept monies from the government, in turn they will expect you to play by their rules.