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I personally agree that religion is a private matter, but respect the fact that Christian kids have the(virtually) absolute constitutional right to exercise their religion.

Their rights trump your sensitivities. The same principle protects Muslims wearing headscarves, Orthodox Jews's payots, and the smart-aleck Satanists in this thread.

Just as with free speech, the principle is sound even if it occasionally makes us uncomfortable.

Hey, just for the record I'm not a smart aleck Satanist! The Satanic Temple wanted to start an after school Satan club in our school and all the Christians had a tizzy fit but I was all for it. Kids can bring their Bible to school all they want and groups can hold after school Bible clubs or after school Satan clubs, too.

God is not evil. Satan is.

I'm not a Satanist, but the above comment makes the point. Those defending the right of these Christian children to "express their love of Jesus" to non-Christians - yet pitch a fit if a religion they disagree with wants something similar - are by that very fact endorsing Christianity and condemning others' beliefs. I don't like this Satan stuff either, but it's not up to me to tell, suggest, or even "expose" someone to my beliefs (unless they specifically ask) and try to show them the wrong of their ways. This bible day, sponsored by an evangelical group, has as their objective to do that very thing. It is wrong and has no place in a public elementary school.

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I personally agree that religion is a private matter, but respect the fact that Christian kids have the(virtually) absolute constitutional right to exercise their religion.

Their rights trump your sensitivities. The same principle protects Muslims wearing headscarves, Orthodox Jews's payots, and the smart-aleck Satanists in this thread.

Just as with free speech, the principle is sound even if it occasionally makes us uncomfortable.

Hey, just for the record I'm not a smart aleck Satanist! The Satanic Temple wanted to start an after school Satan club in our school and all the Christians had a tizzy fit but I was all for it. Kids can bring their Bible to school all they want and groups can hold after school Bible clubs or after school Satan clubs, too.

Even better? Liberals were all over the candidate in Delaware, calling her a witch and exploiting the fact she dabbled in white magic as a very young adult. That, apparently, was to 'evil' and 'crazy' to embrace. But you'll invite Satanism into your schools as an after school program, saying it should be on an equal footing with Christianity.

Get rid of the prayer rooms and footbaths for Muslim students, then we will talk.

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I personally agree that religion is a private matter, but respect the fact that Christian kids have the(virtually) absolute constitutional right to exercise their religion.

Their rights trump your sensitivities. The same principle protects Muslims wearing headscarves, Orthodox Jews's payots, and the smart-aleck Satanists in this thread.

Just as with free speech, the principle is sound even if it occasionally makes us uncomfortable.

Hey, just for the record I'm not a smart aleck Satanist! The Satanic Temple wanted to start an after school Satan club in our school and all the Christians had a tizzy fit but I was all for it. Kids can bring their Bible to school all they want and groups can hold after school Bible clubs or after school Satan clubs, too.

God is not evil. Satan is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I personally agree that religion is a private matter, but respect the fact that Christian kids have the(virtually) absolute constitutional right to exercise their religion.

Their rights trump your sensitivities. The same principle protects Muslims wearing headscarves, Orthodox Jews's payots, and the smart-aleck Satanists in this thread.

Just as with free speech, the principle is sound even if it occasionally makes us uncomfortable.

Hey, just for the record I'm not a smart aleck Satanist! The Satanic Temple wanted to start an after school Satan club in our school and all the Christians had a tizzy fit but I was all for it. Kids can bring their Bible to school all they want and groups can hold after school Bible clubs or after school Satan clubs, too.

After School Satan.

A.S.S.

Anonymous wrote:
I personally agree that religion is a private matter, but respect the fact that Christian kids have the(virtually) absolute constitutional right to exercise their religion.

Their rights trump your sensitivities. The same principle protects Muslims wearing headscarves, Orthodox Jews's payots, and the smart-aleck Satanists in this thread.

Just as with free speech, the principle is sound even if it occasionally makes us uncomfortable.

Hey, just for the record I'm not a smart aleck Satanist! The Satanic Temple wanted to start an after school Satan club in our school and all the Christians had a tizzy fit but I was all for it. Kids can bring their Bible to school all they want and groups can hold after school Bible clubs or after school Satan clubs, too.

Anti-theists are feeling da butthurt, creating a faux constitutional crisis when none exists.

Anti- Christians should stay off focusonthefamily.com

The title makes it sound like a public school administration was somehow involved in promoting this. Not my jam, but it shouldn't be illegal for a private group to promote a bring your Bible to school day.

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Anonymous wrote:It's Jim Dobson and Focus of the Family! What else do you expect them to do? Lol. Nothing will come of it. It's undoubtedly unconstitutional.

I never heard of that group. Far-right evangelicals?

They make far right evangelicals look sane and reasonable!

LOL. Well, it doesn't sound like anyone is stepping up to block it - and Thursday is day after tomorrow. They are running TV commercials (they sure have money, don't they?), and it's been widely promoted. I would hope someone would collect these bibles at the entrance of the school, telling the kids they will get them back at the end of the day, and explaining that it's unconstitutional. Then the teachers can explain about separation of church and state. Let's turn this into a teachable moment!

What you are proposing is unconstitutional. Children bringing bibles to school is NOT unconstitutional.

The government shall make no law respecting an establishing of religion or prohibing the free exercise of religion.

Constitution 101.

+10,000 If a school confiscated a Bible from a student, they would have serious problems.

It's so sad that someone thinks bringing a Bible to school is unconstitutional and then wants teachers to spread this same wrong message.

I just hope this person is NOT a teacher.