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klg
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response 62 of 70:
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Feb 9 20:01 UTC 2006 |
Don't forget the thrilling episode on how the ACLU helps the mentally
ill by enabling them to live on the streets rather than in hospitals
and shelter.
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nharmon
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response 63 of 70:
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Feb 9 20:12 UTC 2006 |
My comment was not sarcastic.
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jadecat
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response 64 of 70:
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Feb 9 20:30 UTC 2006 |
resp:61 There's a different between having a student post a quote- for
themselves- under their yearbook picture, and the school posting a
Biblical quote for the entire class. Make sense?
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marcvh
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response 65 of 70:
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Feb 9 20:33 UTC 2006 |
Re #61, as in so many cases, it depends on context. If it's clear that
the verse was the expression of an individual student and not an
endorsement by the school, and other messages of individual expression
were also permitted, then it sounds like a reasonable outcome.
Of course, it also means the school has very little power to exert
editorial control over messages, so people could have messages like
"Abstinence is for losers who can't get any" or "I love Hitler" or
just about anything.
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klg
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response 66 of 70:
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Feb 9 20:36 UTC 2006 |
NH Excuse me. You slipped in.
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nharmon
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response 67 of 70:
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Feb 9 20:57 UTC 2006 |
Re 64 & 65: I can see the distinction between the student saying
something, and the school saying the same thing. But what I was getting
at is...Would the ACLU have raised a fit that one student was allowed to
express his/her christian religious beliefs while another minority
student was not, if the verse had been allowed through?...(include
claims that said minority student was not valedictorian because he/she
was not affirmatively treated). I could see the ACLU filing such a lawsuit.
But, that is purely hypothetical, and not the case here. In this case I
applaud the ACLU's actions.
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tod
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response 68 of 70:
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Feb 9 21:02 UTC 2006 |
At my middle school (Kelly Junior High of East Detroit Public Schools), we
were called The Crusaders. In Band, we had to sing the Crusader fight song,
our yearbook was the Crusader, and so was the weekly journal. I even was
asked to repent on a regular basis during my typing classes.
I never made a fuss about it though because I was taught early that Christians
are arrogant people deserving of pity and understanding.
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marcvh
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response 69 of 70:
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Feb 9 21:02 UTC 2006 |
The ACLU (and the courts) have indeed raised concerns if there is a
procedure put into place in order to produce the appearance of a message
being "individual student expression" when it's been clearly designed
with the intention of making a specific religious endorsement as the
inevitable result. Historically courts are usually not amused by shams.
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wilt
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response 70 of 70:
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May 16 23:52 UTC 2006 |
HACKED BY GNAA LOL JEWS DID WTC LOL
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