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Personally, I think the citizens own the school grounds and not the politicians. Therefore, as an adult, I tolerate lots of harmless talk with which I might disagree when I'm on property owned by the public. That is the heart of what the Bill of Rights means by "free speech." Everyone has ideas and expresses them at some point in time. We can employ speech and thought police to make everyone say only approved things, or we can simply admit that it really doesn't harm anyone for folks to express themselves. We just need to accept freedom and, like the adults we're supposed to be, simply get on with life.

Religious speech is even more protected in the constitution. The easiest way to handle religion is not a host of rules and times when its allowed is what the Founders decided. They decided that "free exercise" is the best way to handle religion. Be an adult. Lots of folks have different ideas on these things. Leave them alone. All its doing is voicing ideas.

In short, I think that required neutral speech is a violation of free speech. It is the government forcing an established neutral religion when it involves allowed versus disallowed religious speech or conduct. Leave them alone.

Finally, leaving that sane interpretation of the Constitution and turning to the courts' chaotic interpretation, to the extent they allow other speech by parents at that school in the morning, they are discriminating against religious speech. If that Mom is one of many moms speaking loud enough to be heard prior to school, then it's nobody's business that her mouth is speaking words of prayer instead of words of sports, academics, gossip, or weather. Leave her alone.

1 posted on 08/09/2013 3:28:00 AM PDT by xzins
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I found a bullet in the 6th grade boys restroom and gave it to the principal. He threw it in the trash and the day went on as normal. Of course, this is Texas where we don’t get our panties in a bunch over such things and kids proudly show off pics of the deer they got over the weekend.


49 posted on 08/09/2013 6:18:33 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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Will they stop the thugs from throwing f-bombs and the N word around on campus as well? That offends me and others.


55 posted on 08/09/2013 6:30:30 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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They couldn’t touch her if she went across the street, could they?


56 posted on 08/09/2013 6:32:13 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Freedom From Religion Foundation

What a farcical name given that religion is everywhere. Even those who claim to be nonreligious are in fact guided by a set of rules. Consistent with their religion's origins from the father of lies is their self-characterization of nonreligious.

62 posted on 08/09/2013 11:21:08 PM PDT by Lexinom
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