Student defies ACLU at graduation, leads public prayer

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[Ira_Louvin]

A student who objected to prayer being part of Bastrop High School's 2011 graduation ceremonies enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union. However, another student whose role was to call for a moment of silence during Friday's ceremony led the audience in prayer despite the ACLU objections.

[little jeremiah]

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YAY!!! More good news. Civil disobedience! Standing up to the ACLU! By young people in high school! Learning that they can stand up against evil scum leftists!!!

[eyedigress]

The ACLU has something to learn about being the object of rebellion by the youth of America.

[TheBigIf]

God Bless this girl!!!

It is heart warming to see people stand up for their natural rights against leftist statism.

Thanks for the ping!!!

[plan2succeed.org]

Thanks, Metmom. And take a look at that link I posted above. I updated it with a link to this Free Republic story. But the funniest part of the material I just added is the logos of the 2 high schools I mention and my saying they are a graphic message for how they kicked out the ACLU--one is an angry looking ram and the other, better yet, is Neptune with his trident! Now that must have hurt the ACLU on the way out the door!

[plan2succeed.org]

Here you go:



Ouch! That must have hurt the ACLU!



Yeowoh! Guess the ACLU won't threaten this school anymore!

[Alamo-Girl]

I imagine Christians everywhere would be glad to pitch in a few bucks to pay for their moving expenses.

[Islander7]

"The First Amendment prohibition on government endorsement of religion exists to protect the minority from the majority," said Marjorie R. Esman, ACLU

Dear ACLU, a high school senior ain't the government. Go suck an egg!

[OriginalIntent]

The ACLU supports filth, it even supports Kiddie Porn and worked hard to take the schools from parental and local control and force it into centalized control by the federal government so that left wing activist judges could force their unamerican and immoral world view into the heads of other people’s children without any precedent for their illegal actions.

[metmom]

I imagine Christians everywhere would be glad to pitch in a few bucks to pay for their moving expenses.

Me too....

But only for a one way ticket.

[JudgemAll]

Screw those communist infiltrators. I am sick of these atheistoids who are actual communist cultists on government welfare.

Another civil liberty destroyed by a PC “spirit and speech blocking” Union called passive aggressively under a name that is the opposite of what it does. The impotent always seeks to c+block the rest.

[annalex]

“We ought to obey God, rather than men” (Acts 5:29).

Well done.

[Dr. Ursus]

This country was founded on majority rules and the minority
has rights-not one self-absorbed douche with a aclu lawyer.

[VRWCmember]

"The First Amendment prohibition on government endorsement of religion exists to protect the minority from the majority," said Marjorie R. Esman, ACLU of Louisiana executive director. "Freedom of religion belongs to everyone, not just those whose views may be more popular than others."

Sorry Marjorie, but there is no First Amendment prohibition on government endorsement of religion, but rather a prohibition on Congress passing a law to establish a particular religion as an official state/national religion. And it has absolutely NOTHING to do with "protecting the minority from the majority", and it absolutely does not give anybody -- minority or majority or obnoxiously offended individual -- the right to dictate to others what they cannot say when speaking in public.

[EBH]

"The First Amendment prohibition on government endorsement of religion exists to protect the minority from the majority," said Marjorie R. Esman, ACLU of Louisiana executive director. "Freedom of religion belongs to everyone, not just those whose views may be more popular than others."

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; I applaud the young lady for exercising her Right and for assisting her fellow classmates in exercising their Rights.

[Silentgypsy]

“Everyone in attendance said “God bless you.”” What great fun! Thanks!

[No Socialist]

I don’t understand why the non-religious crowd can’t just do what they tell us to do. When we’re offended by the filth on TV or the movies, or radio, we’re told to shut it off, tune it out and to shut up. They can take the same advice.

[longtermmemmory]

student lead prayer is allowed.

The aclu still wins because the adults are under the sword.

[prairiebreeze]

Our young people are finally being told by their ministers, or parents etc. about the anti-Christian efforts of the left. It’s long overdue.

Just yesterday I attended a church service were part of the message to the graduates was how unbelievers, such as some college professors, would ridicule the student’s Christian beliefs and try to cow them into abandoning them. And to not let them succeed.

[Badabing Badablonde]

Indeed.

How can you violate rights which do not exist? This amendment protects the practice of religion, and prevents the government from favoring one religion. Atheism is the absence of faith and religion, so does this amendment protect atheism? In my opinion, no.

[pabianice]

The ACLU has long been nothing more than a group of kapos in expensive suits driving Lexuses.