Bastrop High Graduation - You have to love this

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Originally Posted by DONW

Why has the ACLU never filed a complaint against Tech for having a prayer before a football game?

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They best just not come meddlin' in our business around here. Folks don't take kindly to their guns and religion being messed with in this part of the country.

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Originally Posted by Dawgmatic

They best just not come meddlin' in our business around here. Folks don't take kindly to their guns and religion being messed with in this part of the country.

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Ain't THAT the truth! You can have all the "Change" you want, but you WON'T take our God or our guns!

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Originally Posted by RealityCheck

YouTube must be following the extreme left-wing tendencies that Wikipedia has been following for several years now. Post something totally untrue on that site about a conservative and that posting gets locked in. Post facts about liberals and you are likely to have your account deleted along with the truthful posting being replaced by propaganda.

I try to avoid Wikipedia at all costs...may have to do the same to YouTube if this keeps up.

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YouTube has NOTHING to do with removing the comments. They can if they so choose, since they own the site; but, the owner of the video, the one who uploaded it to the site, is the one who is more than likely removing comments.

Out of curiosity, how would you guys have reacted if the person designated to speak had chosen to give a Muslim prayer?

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Originally Posted by Guisslapp

Out of curiosity, how would you guys have reacted if the person designated to speak had chosen to give a Muslim prayer?

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I think you know the answer to that. lol

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Originally Posted by Guisslapp

Out of curiosity, how would you guys have reacted if the person designated to speak had chosen to give a Muslim prayer?

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If they didn't demean Christianity or any other religion, I would be okay with that.

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Originally Posted by Soonerdawg

If they didn't demean Christianity or any other religion, I would be okay with that.

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I find it hard to believe that you would be perfectly OK with someone leading a muslim prayer at a Bastrop graduation.

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Originally Posted by ITdrummer

I find it hard to believe that you would be perfectly OK with someone leading a muslim prayer at a Bastrop graduation.

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I would have absolutely no problem with it. We could have ours and they could have theirs. You don't know me very well, pal.

Guiss makes a good point. If Christianity is the minority in a particular area (such as Dearborn, MI), Christians certainly would not want their kids participating in Muslim prayers at a public school.

Theoretically, I support the notion of a wall of separation between church and state. However, the Establishment Clause was designed to create a secular government-not a secular society. The problem with 21st century America is that the public sector has crept into almost all aspects of our lives. Thus, instead of the Constitution protecting freedom of religion, the Constitution is being (inappropriately) used to establish freedom from religion.

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Originally Posted by mikedog

Guiss makes a good point. If Christianity is the minority in a particular area (such as Dearborn, MI), Christians certainly would not want their kids participating in Muslim prayers at a public school.

Theoretically, I'm support the notion of a wall of separation between church and state. However, the Establishment Clause was designed to create a secular government-not a secular society. The problem with 21st century America is that the public sector has crept into almost all aspects of our lives. Thus, instead of the Constitution protecting freedom of religion, the Constitution is being (inappropriately) used to establish freedom from religion.

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I know some would not want a Muslim prayer. I don't have a problem with it. Of course, we could take it to extremes such as a Satan worshiper, but I would not object to a Muslim prayer if requested and it would not be an anti-Christian prayer. I would have objected to the Bastrop prayer had it been an imprecatory prayer against Muslims.

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Originally Posted by ITdrummer

I find it hard to believe that you would be perfectly OK with someone leading a muslim prayer at a Bastrop graduation.

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Originally Posted by Soonerdawg

I would have absolutely no problem with it. We could have ours and they could have theirs. You don't know me very well, pal.

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I guess, what I meant to say, was that the majority wouldn't be OK with it. Like you said, I don't know you, so I can't speak for you. I guarantee a lot of those who defend the christian prayer at the graduation, would throw a FIT if a muslim prayer was given instead.

I KNOW Tyler would lose his mind! :icon_wink:

It would be best to allow the Christians to have a prayer, any Muslim students to have a prayer, and any Jewish students to have a prayer than to ban all prayer. And I think that would be in line with the spirit of the Constitution as well.

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Originally Posted by T_Won

It would be best to allow the Christians to have a prayer, any Muslim students to have a prayer, and any Jewish students to have a prayer than to ban all prayer. And I think that would be in line with the spirit of the Constitutional as well.

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And an atheist moment of silence.:)

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Originally Posted by Soonerdawg

And an atheist moment of silence.:)

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We don't even require a moment of silence. We just want to get the show on the road.

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Originally Posted by Guisslapp

We don't even require a moment of silence. We just want to get the show on the road.

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Do you get offended when people pray in public?