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To: BykrBayb
The Muslims and the Sikhs can, but not the Christians.

It looks like you're the one who doesn't the article

Lawyers for the school denied discrimination and said the purity ring breached its rules on wearing jewelry. They said allowances were made for Muslim and Sikh pupils only for items integral to their religious beliefs and that, for the same reason, crucifixes were also allowed. But it argued that the purity ring was not an integral part of the Christian faith.

78 posted on 07/18/2007 9:07:07 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area...")
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To: Oztrich Boy

Crucifixes are not central to all denominations of Christianity, so your argument once again falls flat.

What do you have against Christians, and why do you show up on various threads denouncing us?


82 posted on 07/18/2007 10:46:59 AM PDT by BykrBayb (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub ~ Þ)
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To: Oztrich Boy; JamesP81; Proud_USA_Republican; USFRIENDINVICTORIA; highimpact; Don Corleone; ...
Thought you guys might be interested in my perspective of this --- I hope the girl decides to appeal

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The Siver Ring Of Freedom

"The West reveals here a hatred of itself, which is strange and can be only considered pathological; the West is laudably trying to open itself, full of understanding, to external values, but it no longer loves itself; in its own history, it now sees only what is deplorable and destructive, while it is no longer able to perceive what is great and pure."

- Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

I was deeply humbled when I first read of Lydia Playfoot's story a few weeks back and it touched my heart to hear of her devotion and steadfastness in standing up for the freedom to express her religious beliefs during a time when so many Christians around the world have found themselves under attack. I had faith that England's court would respect Lydia Playfoot's freedom to express her religious beliefs. I was wrong.

Thinking of Lydia's case, I reflected back only two years ago when three Christian school girls over here in Indonesia were brutally beheaded for no reason other than the fact that they were Christians. The three girls almost the same age as Lydia, were identified as Christians by the crucifixes they wore.

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The Silver Ring Of Freedom

86 posted on 07/18/2007 11:08:31 AM PDT by expatguy (Support - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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