Posted on 07/19/2016 6:39:07 AM PDT by Hube
That ‘ol Freedom From Religion Foundation is at it again, this time sending out letters to “every public school district in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio” warning them not to undertake field trips to a Noah’s Ark theme park — Ark Encounter — because they would “violate” the First Amendment.
The FFRF specifically mentions the park’s owner, Ken Ham, stating he “is free to erect monuments to his bible, but public schools are not permitted to expose the children in their charge to religious myths and proselytizing.”
In response, Ham lowered the admission price for kids to $1, and for teachers to free. The usual price is $28 and $40 respectively. Ham also urged the schools not to give in to the FFRF’s demands.
“On the basis of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, public schools are absolutely free to take students on field trips (with appropriate parental permissions) to facilities like the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum, provided they are for historical, recreational, or educational purposes,” [Ham said]. “FFRF has no right (and no legal basis whatsoever) to intimidate government-run schools as they are trying to do in this letter sent to more than 1,000 schools.
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Isn’t it freedom of assembly?
This is the first I’ve heard of this park. What a great idea!
Do they also demand that schools get rid of all the fiction books in the library? Do atheists tell their children fairy tales and bedtime stories?
No violation of the First Amendment.
Schools are not Congress.
Betcha they will not object to a visit to a mosque.
Any takers?
They have taken trips to mosques, though.
I can’t imagine why consider the Ark Park to be such a threat, can you?
How about the ugly athiest kids with no friends stay at home that day or at the school while all the other children have fun with their friends doing what they want to do.
The schools can just say that it’s for a “cultural” perspective, like they do when teaching the Koran in the classroom.
Because in the end Gaynor and her kind are just libtards who never got enough affection as children and were miserable so they spend their entire lives trying to make other's lives miserable. Christianity has done so much charitable work to enrich and help others in need while atheists do nothing but whine and complain about it. FFRF will never condemn Islam even though it is embedded in Common Core hardcor because she knows she would come home to a laming house or be kidnapped and have her head chopped off. In short she is just a loud-mouthed coward (would have liked o use another word here but I'll be nice)
Because in the end Gaynor and her kind are just libtards who never got enough affection as children and were miserable so they spend their entire lives trying to make other's lives miserable. Christianity has done so much charitable work to enrich and help others in need while atheists do nothing but whine and complain about it. FFRF will never condemn Islam even though it is embedded in Common Core hardcore because she knows she would come home to a flaming house or be kidnapped and have her head chopped off. In short she is just a loud-mouthed coward (would have liked o use another word here but I'll be nice)
Note to atheists, keep your kids at home that day and lie to them some more about how faith in God is in conflict with reason. God help those children...
Just tell the athiests it’s a trip to the “largest wood framed structure” in the USA...which it is..it’s over 540 feet long, entirely made of wood a recyclable material by the way.
and oh yeah, tell the athiests to go to hell!
I suspect that it is at Wisconsin Dells, which is North of Madistan, which is the home of these goofballs.
Yes, but if the school has any part in it, whiny nuisances will do their best to spoil the fun. It's still up to the schools, but they usually cave because the teachers union is hostile to expressions of Judeo-Christianity.
This is probably a non-issue for the most part. If it becomes an issue, parents can contest it by organizing the trip, spreading the word to other like minded people, then letting your child "call in sick" on the day of the trip.
Do it on Friday, and Monday the kids who went will be telling everybody what a good time they missed.
I wonder if Nye realizes that the Amish are more Christian than most Christians?
Very sad since we’re finding out that the lack of Judeo-Christian mores is destroying the very fabric of American society. But I suppose the ACLU and their running dogs have electric fences outside their homes...
But it’s ok to take field trips to mosques to learn about diversity.
Ham...unfortunate name...
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