Posted on 12/13/2009 7:30:38 AM PST by markomalley
I agree. While I pray that she and her family will one day become Christians, I have no problem with her sitting out songs with lyrics that contradict her beliefs. In fact, I don’t particularly want unbelievers singing Christian songs, as it can serve to diminish their significance.
These days it seems more common for the Wiccan, Muslim, atheist or whatever to insist that the whole choir refrain from signing Christian songs, stifling Christian expression in the name of “Freedom of Religion”.
This girl is doing it the right way, not seeking to impose her beliefs on everyone else, and I respect her for it.
However....The solution is complete separation of **SCHOOL** and state.
If our Founding Father could have envisioned the creation of government k-12 schooling I believe they would have included complete separation of school and state in our federal and state constitutions.
First, all schools must choose between a godless or God-centered worldview. Neither is religiously neutral in content or consequences. When government runs K-12 schools it **will** indoctrinate children into one of these two religiously non-neutral worldviews ( either godless or God-centered).
Second, **all** schools must restrict First Amendment Rights. When government chooses to run schools it **will** trample the parent, child, and taxpayer's rights to free speech, press, assembly, and establishment of either a godless or God-centered religious worldview.
It is **impossible** for any government school to be religiously neutral! No school is. It is axiomatic.
There is only **ONE** solution! We must begin to move to a completely private system of universal K-12 education.
Do you think everyone who posts here to FR is a supermodel just because they may be a Christian?
Judgmental and insulting. You are a credit to your religion.
Intolerant witch...
There are plenty of others.
You mean something to stir up warm family memories of disembowling small animals and dancing naked around the sacrificial fire while calling up the lord of darkness?
* uncomfortable silence *
; )
I agree, except, these days, when a member of a minority religion excercises her constitutional rights, while respecting the rights of others to exercise theirs it IS newsworthy.
Hey, I saw the picture. I don’t need to know them to determine their level of attractiveness. Nothing to do with my religion, or theirs for that matter. And speaking of judgmental, you need to quit inferring things I didn’t imply, if you know what I mean.
My goodness she looks 30. Poor girl is so misguided. This picture is the second most ugliest family picture on Free Republic...the first is DEFINITELY the Huckster family...what a pity how ugly that family is. Had Huckster won the Presidency, we would have been the laughingstock around the world no doubt.
Check this out:
The Alliance for the Separation of School and State:
http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm
Wiccan’s (witches) don’t worship Satan?
They are delusional if they think that!
You don’t need to justify your comments to me. You might want to talk them over with your Preacher/Pastor though...
I guess you DIDN’T know what I meant.
They respect everyone but will not sing Christmas songs even though she practiced them for months......huh? I don’t like witches.
Not in name they do not. However if all things are created by Jehova, even beings like Satan or other lesser deities, then even fluffy-headed Wiccans are still worshiping God.
Never mind. Have a nice life...
I could guess what the family looked like before getting to the pic. Wiccan is synonymous with pastey, fat and ugly.
That may be true in a parochial sense.
But definitely not in a ‘common’ sense!
Either way. It still isn’t what I would consider ‘news’ worthy!
It’s more of a ‘look at me! look at me!’ kind of story.
Self serving and gratuitous!
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