A little egotistical, but it's backed up by a lot of commentary in various news organs. Again, privacy should be the watchword, not yapping about one's beliefs to all and sundry.
The cheerleaders were yapping about their beliefs. I'll almost guarantee that at least one cheerleader or football player didn't subscribe to those beliefs, and was offended, if quietly.
It's terrible to exclude kids based on something their parents believe in.
Eh, I have 1 or 2 evangelical friends...one's a LDS, and one's a Jehovah's Witness. If they start rambling on about religion, I find a reason to be elsewhere. That doesn't mean we can't play golf.
Does it bother you that most of the world views things like this as laughable? Forget about the "world", but most of the non-South USA? That a school district would allow cheerleaders to display bible verses during a school-sponsored (taxpayer funded, therefore "State") football game is both risible and scary.
Having a whole chunk of our country put such faith in a not-entirely-original piece of mythology. Scares the Jeebus out of me.
Wow...I can't even begin to picture this happening up here. It would last one game, and then far more than 1 parent/person would have gotten the signs removed. A little scary to know this stuff is still common.
In my opinion, it's a matter of personal privacy. Those of you who are Evangelical...this is why non-Evangelicals don't want to spend time with you...no-one really wants to hear your views on a private matter. The Cheerleaders are just on a slightly larger scale. Freedom of religion has been interpreted to mean total inclusion (as in all religions get signage at the game) or total exclusion (no religious stuff at all).
The Law is not static, nor is legal precedent entirely reliant on the Constitution. Before people jump all over that, I mean that current legal interpretation doesn't have to be directly connected to Constitutional law...the current interpretation can get there through different means.
Enjoy your 10 Commandments in the courthouse, enjoy the tent-ish revivals. Keep your faith private, and more people outside your normal circles will respect you.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
spoc22:
A little egotistical, but it's backed up by a lot of commentary in various news organs. Again, privacy should be the watchword, not yapping about one's beliefs to all and sundry.
The cheerleaders were yapping about their beliefs. I'll almost guarantee that at least one cheerleader or football player didn't subscribe to those beliefs, and was offended, if quietly.
It's terrible to exclude kids based on something their parents believe in.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
Spoc22:
Eh, I have 1 or 2 evangelical friends...one's a LDS, and one's a Jehovah's Witness. If they start rambling on about religion, I find a reason to be elsewhere. That doesn't mean we can't play golf.
Does it bother you that most of the world views things like this as laughable? Forget about the "world", but most of the non-South USA? That a school district would allow cheerleaders to display bible verses during a school-sponsored (taxpayer funded, therefore "State") football game is both risible and scary.
Having a whole chunk of our country put such faith in a not-entirely-original piece of mythology. Scares the Jeebus out of me.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
Wow...I can't even begin to picture this happening up here. It would last one game, and then far more than 1 parent/person would have gotten the signs removed. A little scary to know this stuff is still common.
In my opinion, it's a matter of personal privacy. Those of you who are Evangelical...this is why non-Evangelicals don't want to spend time with you...no-one really wants to hear your views on a private matter. The Cheerleaders are just on a slightly larger scale. Freedom of religion has been interpreted to mean total inclusion (as in all religions get signage at the game) or total exclusion (no religious stuff at all).
The Law is not static, nor is legal precedent entirely reliant on the Constitution. Before people jump all over that, I mean that current legal interpretation doesn't have to be directly connected to Constitutional law...the current interpretation can get there through different means.
Enjoy your 10 Commandments in the courthouse, enjoy the tent-ish revivals. Keep your faith private, and more people outside your normal circles will respect you.
Remind me not to move to Chattanooga.