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| Commentary: Christians Could be Sent to Jail for Praying in School |
| 06.10.05 (7:25 pm) [edit] |
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By Mario Diaz "Anything short of actual imprisonment would be ineffective..." -- ACLU of Louisiana In their latest attack on Christianity, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a motion to hold Tangipahoa school board officials in Louisiana in contempt of court, asking they be jailed for praying in schools. The Tangipahoa school board and the ACLU of Louisiana entered into an agreement, made public in an August 27, 2004, District Court Consent Judgment, which required school officials to prohibit “invocations given prior to athletic events,” “participation and/or encouragement by school officials in pre-game and post-game prayers involving student athletes,” and “invocations by students to the student body over the school’s public address system during assemblies or at any school sponsored event.” The ACLU claims school officials have violated the agreement on multiple occasions. This motion is the fourth complaint they’ve filed against the school board. Even though this is considered a civil matter, the ACLU has asked the court to hold school officials in criminal contempt, asking for jail time. “Their refusal to comply with the Consent Decree should and must result in their removal from society—removal for a period of time sufficient to impress upon them, and like imitators, the seriousness of the Court’s order,” reads the complaint. “Anything short of actual imprisonment would be ineffective to sending that message to these individuals.” What? This “must result in their removal from society”? Are we talking about child molesters here? Sorry, that can’t be it; those are the kind of people the ACLU would be defending instead of trying to put in jail. The ACLU defends the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) and tries to get school officials in jail for praying --you know the real criminals. Tragically, although I fully expect the court to reject this ridiculous request, the ACLU still moves its agenda forward with every lawsuit they bring. You see, it doesn’t really matter if they win or loose, by their own admission, what they want is to impress “like imitators” of the price to be paid for showing their faith in public. And unfortunately the courts have allowed and often helped them in this endeavor. With their highly capricious interpretation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause as erecting a “wall of separation between church and state,” U.S. courts find themselves more involved in matters of religion than the framers ever intended them to be. Is there anything more intrusive than the government sending you to jail for praying, no matter where it is? “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” That’s all the First Amendment says. Nowhere can you find the “wall of separation” between church and state. Yet, in the name of freedom and liberty, groups like the ACLU would like to prohibit the free exercise of religion beyond a person’s private thoughts. “That’s okay, you can be a Christian, just don’t say it out loud.” “This is another example of how the so-called ‘wall of separation’ continues to distort the meaning of the Establishment Clause, said Jan LaRue, CWA’s chief counsel. “Chief Justice Rehnquist has said: ‘It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history, but unfortunately the Establishment Clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson’s misleading metaphor for nearly 40 years.’” This is why the appointment of judges is so important to our country. For too long we’ve been silent, and now we are paying the price of our indifference. We need wisdom and character and self-control back in our courts. Freedom and democracy depend on it. Excerpted. See the rest. http://www.cwfa.org/articles/8333/LEGAL/f reedom/index.htm" title="http://www.cwfa.org/articles/8333/LEGAL/f reedom/index.htm" target="_blank"http://www.cwfa.org/articles/... |
posted by: Longshot (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (2:10 pm)
I'm hoping they'll be sent to jail. I also don't appreciate tax money being spent to defend law-breakers.
Christians should realize that loving one's neighbor means not imposing their beliefs on them. Don't tell me that these stupid rednecks would sit by and let prayers to Alla be said at a football game. Why should Muslims, or Jews, or Atheists have fewer rights than Christians?
posted by: godsyounggirl (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (4:21 pm)
This is to all those people that have tried to stop prayer, "I don't care what you say, I've got a right to pray!"
There is a song by The Crabb Family called ....
I Got A Right To Pray
Well the king told Daniel not to pray
to his God anymore
i'll lock you in the lions din and throw away the key to the door
the very next day they found Daniel down on his bended knees the difference this time he opened the blinds and the whole wide world could see.
chorus:
I don't care what you say, I'm gonna pray anyway. I'm gonna lift my hands up to the Lord for the things He's done for me. I just gotta way find a place to see his face, I don't care what you say, I got a right to pray
well they tell our children not to pray when they walk through the school house door according to the constitution you can't do that anymore. well i wonder what ol' daniel would say if he were alive today if the judge declared no more pray, I believe what daniel would say.... (back to chorus)
posted by: Longshot (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (12:48 pm)
Prayer is not the issue. Children can pray anytime they want. The issue is prayers led at school football games, over the intercom at school, or other events where there is a group of people involved.
posted by: godsyounggirl (reply)
post date: 06.14.05 (12:10 pm)
I know, I agree, I was just saying. lol
