Posted on 09/30/2021 6:14:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
The suit claims the state’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum and its in-classroom activities constitute state-sanctioned prayer, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution.
A group of California taxpayers and school parents is asking the Superior Court of California for a restraining order to block the state’s public schools from using prayers to Aztec and Yoruba gods as a classroom activity. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 7 before Superior Court Judge Eddie C. Sturgeon in San Diego.
Californians for Equal Rights Foundation and school parents Eric Gonzales, Steve Houbeck and Jose Velazquez sued the California State Board of Education, the California State Department of Education and two state officials on Sept. 3. The suit claims the state’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum and its in-classroom activities constitute state-sanctioned prayer, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution. The application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction was filed Sept. 24 by the Thomas More Society, a public-interest law firm that represents the plaintiffs.
“Our clients are not opposed to having students learn about different cultures and religions, including the practices of the Aztecs,” said Paul M. Jonna, special counsel for the Thomas More Society. “But the California State Board of Education’s approved Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum goes far beyond that by directing students to pray to Aztec deities. This portion of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is not only offensive, but blatantly unconstitutional.”
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Clearly a 1A violation. No official prayer in school. If judges don’t block this our republic is lost.
If you read the two histories of the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortez, you find that the Aztecs worshipped 2 gods, the god of war and the god of death. Cortez did his best to stamp that out and replace it with Christianity.
Wonder if the same group willprotest when the Afghani’s or any other muslim wants to do their prayers.
Aztec prayers. Gobbledygook
So, when do we get a chance to see a real authentic Aztec “heart sacrifice” eh? Imagine watching a video of a young person’s still beating heart being cut and ripped out of their chest with an obsidian knife? Would make an interesting video, though some parents might object. But to complain would be racist, so just be quiet, sit down and enjoy! Would make for a a rather colorful school assembly, not to mention Parent Teachers Night. Ah, the brave new world of multiculturalism!
If I’m understanding this correctly, it seems crazy.
Some of us are old enough to remember when we actually prayed at the beginning of school each day.
I don’t really care which flavor of prayer it is - kids should be allowed to pray, or to use a ‘Minute of Silence’ to do so, in any way that they like.
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