Ohio schools get moment of silence [GOD'S BACK]

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER ^ | MAY 2 2002 | Enquirer News Update

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

ITS ONLY A MINUTE BUT ITS A START !!!

[Isadora Duncan]

Definitely a start . . . but God never left. He is always there. WE'RE the ones who leave, not Him.

[Jean S]

“It's the longest 60 seconds of the day,” said Darner, a Democrat from Arlington. “But we do it because the law says we have to.”

This is pitiful.

[Rome2000]

“These bills were clearly something that was a popular first response to the crisis in our nation,” said Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.

Just who exactly besides Herr Lynn are members of "Americans United for the Separation of Church and State"?.

Those that aren't bona fide marxists, atheists, and satan worshippers are probably busy switching to the GOP.

[anniegetyourgun]

I can see how that would seem like "an eternity" for an enemy of the cross....if you know what I mean.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

OH NOBODY knows that better than i

[Salvation]

Many modeled their laws after Virginia's, which makes the moment mandatory and lists prayer as an option.

A bump for prayer, even if it is a silent minute.

The Supreme Court was wrong on this, because it is a matter of free speech not religion vs. state.

[lizma]

This reminds of when Virginia did it.

Pravda on the Potomac (The Wash Post) did a piece basically praising the kids who were offended. To paraphrase one kid "I'm Jewish and this a "Christian moment of silence" so I find it offensive.

If my kid's grow up to be that idiotic, please shoot me.

[jlogajan]

satan worshippers

Should have the same rights to their prayers on government grounds as any other religion -- it is, after all, a freedom of speech issue, no?

[deadhead]

My cousin is a teacher in Columbus, Ohio. I will give her a call to chat about this.

[Ligeia]

Karen Darner, an elementary schoolteacher and a Virginia House delegate, said many of her fellow teachers see the minute as just one more thing teachers must include in their already full days.

This must be a liberal newspaper. According to a poll in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper, the Moment of Silence has about 80% support among Virginians. The only comment the reporter could find was against the MOS, and from the most liberal member of the House of Delegates? Nothing "fair and balanced" there. During the General Assembly session, whenever I wanted to know what the most extreme wing of the Democratic party was up to, I checked on the bills Darner had introduced or co-sponsored. Stay the course, Ohio.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

We will be expecting a full report lol thanx

[jlogajan]

it is a matter of free speech

I'm glad the religionists are rallying behind the concept of freedom of speech -- that means we can look for their support of freedom of speech next time some fanatic wants to abolish porn.

[max61]

A tad assumptive wouldn't you say to think that this time will be used to "pray" and even more assumptive to think that those prayers will be to G-d. Wishful thinking is pretty much a waste of time, but then again, we are talking about public schools. Maybe we should start legislating mandated instructional time during church services, couldn't hurt.

---max

[Demidog]

This isn't an issue in private schools. Abolish public schools an this problem goes away. Or home school. Who cares what moronic things they do in the public schools anyway? People who subject their children to public schools deserve what they get.

[Diverdogz]

A little paranoid, aren't you? You automatically assume that people who don't share your religious fervor are enemies. Very sad.

[Diverdogz]

You know max, you are on to something. The school 'minute of silence' measure, if done all over the country has a real cost - I estimate about a half a billion dollars a year. (Assuming 50 million kids, one minute out of a 7 hour schoolday, and an annual cost of $3500 per kid per year to send kids to public schools) I'm sure the real cost is a whole lot more.....

[Lancey Howard]

“When educators set aside a time for reflection, that's not just providing the opportunity, that's encouraging prayer,” bellowed Raymond Vasvari, legal director of the Ohio branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Prayer! We at the ACLU will never rest until all of America's children are godless wards of a socialist state," he added angily. Vasvari said that the issue would be a top priority of the ACLU along with securing the right of homeless people to openly view and download child pornography at elementary school libraries. "Our work here on behalf of the Democrat Party is never done."

[anniegetyourgun]

No, they aren't my enemies. They are enemies of the cross.