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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:15 PM Original message |
Many Outraged Over Prayer Service Held Before Tests |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, any organized prayer at school is a no-no, but this is also a disservice to the kids. |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. More hocus-pocus |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. good one! :)) nt |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. i agree. nt |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great! Let's make people even more external than they already are! |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh, and in case you're wondering, they score below state average on most |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Guess God just don't like them kids |
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JanDutchy (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. At first I Tought .... Get HIV tested ! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why study? Let's just pray harder and longer! nt |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes! |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Are they using consecrated #2 pencils in their ritual? |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. So, if one doesn't make the approprate grade |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Separation of Church and State |
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JanDutchy (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. to begin in the USA; most EU countries did it already ( extreme and middle) |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Maybe the answer is to start a Church of our own... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. As they should be. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. Shouldn't have been directed by the principal. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. And what about the kids it stresses out? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. What utter horseshit. |
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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. No mention of who they were praying to. |
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DailyGrind (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. So what? |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Did you go to special services sponsored by the schools you attended? |
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DailyGrind (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I'm not sure what you mean by special services, I do go to church if that's what you mean |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Students may pray in school if THEY initiate it. |
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DailyGrind (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm sure they give a rat's a** how the other kids do |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Jesus did say not to pray in public. He says those that do have |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It's not "prayer in public" or "prayer in schools" that is the problem. |
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DailyGrind (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. An animal sacrifice before a test? Now THAT's getting freaky. |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The issue here is the seperation of church and state |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Why is it necessary that prayers be initiated and led by administrators or teachers then? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The problem with praying is that it gives external attribution for success |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. If they haven't done the work, |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Too bad it wasn't a study hall instead... |
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