Judge halts Bible giveaway at Mo. school

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/7/06 | Jeff Douglas - ap

[freedumb2003]

I am so darn sick of one lousy liberal judge who can take away the rights of religious freedom guaranteed by the constitution I could scream..

OK -- what "right" has been removed?

[msnimje]

Did you object to that? Seems like a good line of education.

No, not at all. We have continued this in homeschooling as he is very interested in all religions. Nor did I think the government was infringing on his first amendment rights.

[freedumb2003]

Sounds like we're pretty much on the same track.

Always my preference when dealing with fellow FReepers.

[luckystarmom]

The local Gideons in my area by my son's school stand on the corner on a public sidewalk and hand out Bibles there. When I saw them, I donated money to them and told them thanks.

[pointsal]

Hold it...what is the Clintonista definition of "gift"...

I already have a vision of the meaning of "is"...

[mrsmith]

You think Clinton picked judges that knew the Constitution so they could more acccurately destroy it?

I don't.

The evidence is Clinton (well, his wife actually did the selecting while he counted their bribe money) picked judges who just hated every principle in it.

[little jeremiah]

Gosh - I just be funnin' a little.

Actually, few would call me a fundamentalist. I study the Bible, the Vedas, am not opposed to the basic moral principles of Buddhism, and am not afraid to read any scripture in the world! I have friends who meditate, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, and Catholics! I even enjoy discussions with Jehovah's Witnesses (although I do try to help them understand the difference between the soul and the body).

No, I don't think anyone would call me a Fundatmentalist. Unless, by that supposed perjorative, you mean a person who believes that the foundation of life is God, and that the Constitution does not have the words "separation of church and state" in it anywhere.

Personally, I think if representatives of various religions want to speak in a school or hand out religious books, if they parents want them there, they should be allowed to come. Why not?

[freedumb2003]

Personally, I think if representatives of various religions want to speak in a school or hand out religious books, if they parents want them there, they should be allowed to come. Why not?

Fair 'nuff, pardner.

[little jeremiah]

Shake?

;-)

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

It would be interesting to see what your response would be if 51% of the people where live were Muslim and they wanted to hand out the Quran at the "local level" in "good faith".

[NormsRevenge]

lol.. nice try.. lol

[freedumb2003]

Shake?

Sure -- but my wife and my cat are staring at me in the most peculiar way ;)

[Zeroisanumber]

The least they could have done was to ask for the willing recipients and hand the bibles to them only.

Or simply decided to move the giveaway from the school to the local church lawn, or set-up a stall on Main Street. It's not hard to avoid this sort of thing, people just get pig-headed about it.