School apologizes for banning Jesus
A Nevada charter school is in a bit of hot water for telling kids that mentioning Bible verses is against the law.
12 year-old Mackenzie Fraiser is a student at Somerset Academy. She was assigned to create a PowerPoint project titled "All About Me.' Mackenzie is a Christian, and so she wanted to include a reference to John 3:16 in her presentation. But her teacher told the class that religious references were not allowed.
A few months later, Mackenzie had to do another project on self-esteem. She wanted to mention that she derived her self-esteem from having been made in the likeness of God. Once again, the teacher forbade the sixth grader from referencing the Almighty. The school sent the following email to Mackenzie's father. They said the teacher "appropriately followed school law expectations by asking Mackenzie to choose an alternate quote for the presentation."
So Mackenzie's parents decided to contact the Liberty Institute, a law firm that specializes in religious liberty cases. Here's attorney Jeremy Dys said the following:
"At the heart of this incident is that students are allowed and need to be allowed to express their beliefs - in their class assignments. If a school official tells students that their beliefs cannot be expressed in class assignments, it teaches them that religion is bad. This case really demonstrates why it is important to protect religious liberty."
So here's what needs to happen. Somerset Academy needs to follow the law. They need to allow Mackenzie to redo her assignment with the Bible verses. And they need to apologize. If they fail to do so, the federal government should revoke their funding. http://nation.foxnews.com/2015/05/22/todd-starnes-school-bans-jesus-childs-assignment
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If Jesus helps you with your school assignments, wouldnt that be considered cheating?
Oh GOPjebus, let usspray !
absolutely
absolutely
This is an easy issue to solve. The government is funding this school, which makes it a public school, not a private or church school. So, no Jesus in the classroom as per the rulings of the SCOTUS when it comes to the separation of church and state and yes, I know that statement is not itself in the Constitution, but that's how the Court ruled.
Now, can I have a hit?
Sorry. Perrie would take it away and I asked her for it.
He doesnt guide your hand?
If Jesus guides your hand, then Jesus is causing you to inadvertently cheat in school. It is a good argument for keeping Jesus out of our schools. After all, nobody wants to be a cheater.
All jabs aside, if the school project was entitled "All about me", then there should be no restriction regarding whatever she wrote, since it should in fact be all about her.
School prayer=bad
School censoring a girl for sharing her beliefs in a school project entitled "All about me"=bad
I can live with that...
We all can and now the school apologized.
At break, recess, or lunch tome, lids are free to talk about such matters among their friends. Not in the classroom though.
Sorry Jefferson, since badfish removed his comments from the thread, I removed my responses to him which inadvertently removed your last question/post. You asked if I thought praying before a test gave students an unfair advantage ans said that all it really did was give them peace of mind. Correct?
This is the best way for sure.
What was the reply?
For my part, I said that it would give them an unfair pregame advantage much like taking steroids if the power of prayer was real. Your response was what?
Ahh...that isnt really evidence at all. It demonstrates that when a person focuses using whatever device, they are more likely to succeed.
I like Jesus! I really do! I mean I can't say that I love him, but twice a year him and his wife come over and for $250 spend the day cutting back on my plants, blowing all of the leaves off from my yard rocks, cleaning my Kool-deck, etc. They do a great job and I would highly recommend them!
In fact the guy who cleans the pool is named Jesus too! But he goes by the name Jesse most of the time. Also does a great job! If you ever move to the Coachella Valley look me up and I'll introduce you to them.
I am interested how you compare something physical like the use if steroids to a belief in a higher power.
Both are crutches. The only real distinction is that while steroids are actually real, religion still manages to damage more people. All things being equal, I think I would rather take my chances with steroids.
You are correct...since it isnt actually real, it isnt cheating.
You however believe it is real as do those people who try to use prayer to get a leg up...and so in your heart, you are cheating whether it is real or not.
Interesting points. It's like theyre saying there is no God, but if you believe there is one and it helps you, youre cheating, and if there really is One, then it's really unfair if He helps his believers in any way.