- Jul 10, 2006
- 29,873
- 463
- 126
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/02/prayer-prohibited-at-graduation-ceremony/?test=latestnews
Hey, no harm no foul as long as we can still pray at home, alone, in the dark, right? Now if I can get only the progressives to chant "There is no war on religion" . . .
This is the depth to which our country has descended. Christianity, which used to be grounds for imprisonment in Red China, is now booming in that country. Our nation, which was established as a bastion of freedom of religion, now mandates imprisonment for those so heinous as to actually pray at a graduation ceremony, or to use the words prayer, amen, join in prayer, bow their heads, invocation, and benediction. Another great victory for freedom of speech. Those who brought you "In order to save the village we had to destroy it" have now moved on to crushing religion in order to protect its freedom.A federal judge has ordered a Texas school district to prohibit public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony.
Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Bierys order against the Medina Valley Independent School District also forbids students from using specific religious words including prayer and amen.
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz. Their son is among those scheduled to participate in Saturdays graduation ceremony. The judge declared that the Schultz family and their son would suffer irreparable harm if anyone prayed at the ceremony.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the school district is in the process of appealing the ruling, and his office has agreed to file a brief in their support.
Part of this goes to the very heart of the unraveling of moral values in this country, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott told Fox News Radio, saying the judge wanted to turn school administrators into speech police.
Ive never seen such a restriction on speech issued by a court or the government, Abbott told Fox News Radio. It seems like a trampling of the First Amendment rather than protecting the First Amendment.
Judge Bierys ruling banned students and other speakers from using religious language in their speeches. Among the banned words or phrases are: join in prayer, bow their heads, amen, and prayer.
He also ordered the school district to remove the terms invocation and benediction from the graduation program.
These terms shall be replaced with opening remarks and closing remarks,' the judges order stated. His ruling also prohibits anyone from saying, in [a deitys name] we pray.
Should a student violate the order, school district officials could find themselves in legal trouble. Judge Biery ordered that his ruling be enforced by incarceration or other sanctions for contempt of Court if not obeyed by District official (sic) and their agents.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/02/prayer-prohibited-at-graduation-ceremony/#ixzz1OE0bUtLK
Hey, no harm no foul as long as we can still pray at home, alone, in the dark, right? Now if I can get only the progressives to chant "There is no war on religion" . . .