If the cheerleaders for some reason wanted to display banners depicting Qur'an verses, would you be ok with that?
A judge has ruled that the high school cheerleaders in Texas do have the legal right to wave banners with quotes of biblical verses during the football games.
The freedom from religion foundation complained about the banners last September and the school said no the cheerleaders.
This is definitely a win for the cheerleaders who can now have their banners.
There have been many attempts to silence and shut down Christianity like this but this a loss for the freedom from religion foundation.
Do you think the judge made the right decision? Do the cheerleaders have the right to display their banners?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/9/texas-cheerleaders-win-legal-right-wave-banners-bi/
Well said. Somehow we've gone over the edge and decided that not establishing a state religion means eliminating all signs of religion.Where did I move anything? I simply restated the same thing. They aren't promoting a religion by simply allowing the students to display a religion message. Since when does doing nothing equate to promoting something?
It would be an infringement of their first amendment rights to prevent them from displaying a religious message. A court of law isn't going to allow that to happen because of this.
You seem to subscribe to belief that we have freedom from religion in this country. We do not.
Two, four, six, eight,I can just see 'muslim' cheerleaders.... Wait.. no I can't.
If the cheerleaders for some reason wanted to display banners depicting Qur'an verses, would you be ok with that?
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Can you provide a yes/no response to this simple question? You've dodged it several times already in your own thread. Do you really stand up for your beliefs or not?
I can agree with that. I did do some research and see how the Supreme Court has made decisions on the First Amendment. Obviously, there is alot of gray area with this--as can be seen by all of the turmoil for and against it. I know the original intent is so that the gov't can't establish its own religion like England did back in the 1700s.
But if we take things this far, then why not ban prayers by gov't officials when held at gatherings in gov't locations? I don't believe when a President prays that he is saying that the US govt officially supports Christianity.
The short answer is that common sense has no place in any gov't law or function apparently. Everything must be spelled out clearly or it will be misinterpreted.
Some very legitimate. Public dollars should not be used to simultaneously promote one religion and demote others.
Yes and yes. This is not an example of a legitimate gripe by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
I agree with you. As long as tax dollars aren't used then I am alright with it and in this case the cheerleaders paid for the banners.
This definitely isn't a legitimate gripe and the group that complained is in Wisconsin.
That's a very myopic view to take.
I agree with you. As long as tax dollars aren't used then I am alright with it and in this case the cheerleaders paid for the banners.
This definitely isn't a legitimate gripe and the group that complained is in Wisconsin.
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array
[/B]So? The cheerleaders are representatives of the school during the football game, because they belong to a school sponsored team/club and are participating in a school-sanctioned event.
Distance has never stopped your vitriol for Muslims.
The judge disagrees with you
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Can you provide a yes/no response to this simple question? You've dodged it several times already in your own thread. Do you really stand up for your beliefs or not?
This is definitely a win for Christianity and if only more judges were as reasoned as this guy.
The fact that several people have asked and he hasn't responded yet pretty much tells you all you need to know. Of course he's for christians doing this while at the same time, he'd be outraged and calling for a ban if it were muslims doing this.
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Notice how incorruptible says it's a win for ***CHRISTIANITY***, not ***RELIGION***
The reason I didn't respond to them was because they want it for Muslims but not Christians. Any links to these Muslim cheerleaders?
The majority of Americans are Christian so by that the US is a Christian country and I am not talking about the Constitution.
Now you're just making shit up, oh wait, no that's just business as usual. I'm pretty sure the people making fun of you are against ALL religions being promoted at such events.
The reason why you didn't respond to them, is because it's 100% obvious that you're for promotion of Christianity at public events, public property, but not Muslim or any other religion.
You are literal human garbage.
How about you STFU you piece of shit.
You have showed your bigotry of Christianity and you are literal human garbage.