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Superintendent: Bible Verse on Student Memorial Bench Must Be Removed
Breitbart ^
| 10/01/2017
| Katherine Rodriguez
Posted on 10/01/2017 7:51:24 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
A Virginia school district says that a Bible verse engraved on bench memorializing a deceased student must be removed because it is not legal.
Charlotte County School Superintendent Nancy Leonard said that the school board determined that the engraving on the bench was illegal because it violated the U.S. Constitutions Establishment Clause, which states that the government cannot establish a state-sponsored religion.
We found that the memorial bench that we currently have is not legally compliant because of the Establishment Clause (in Constitution), because of the Bible verse, Leonard told WAFF.
The verse from Philippians 4:13 says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arth; bench; bible; bibleverse; charlottecounty; constitution; establishmentclause; memorial; remove; school; virginia
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To: GingisK
Government must get out of the education business. Why? Because it is impossible to have a religiously neutral education. No government school is neutral today and none have ever been neutral.
Solution: Begin the process of privatizing **all** schooling.
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posted on
10/01/2017 8:45:15 PM PDT
by
wintertime
(Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
To: ForYourChildren
Well they’re violating the same clause by prohibiting it!
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posted on
10/01/2017 8:48:48 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(TETELESTI Read em and weep Lucy! Yer times almost up.)
To: ForYourChildren
Charlotte County School Superintendent Nancy Leonard said that the school board determined that the engraving on the bench was illegal because it violated the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which states that the government cannot “establish” a state-sponsored religion. The first amendment only applies to one organization: Congress.
To: ForYourChildren
The destruction of America by liberals one verse at a time.
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posted on
10/01/2017 8:57:43 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
To: ForYourChildren
"Establishment Clause (in Constitution),"This idiot has no idea of what that clause means.
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posted on
10/01/2017 8:58:57 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
To: cyclotic
I donated to a bench of remembrance. It was through private funds to the school. If it’s it’s removed......people should sue.
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:03:20 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
To: wintertime
Government must get out of the education business. They did that some time back. Now they are solely in the RATaganda indoctrination business.
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:10:22 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(RATs, RINOs...same thing)
To: ForYourChildren
“the U.S. Constitutions Establishment Clause, which states that the government cannot establish a state-sponsored religion.”
That does not require the government to chase all religious expression from the public square. If that is what it meant, then neither Congress nor the military could have chaplains (which they do have) nor could any official (like a government employed chaplain) hold any kind of prayer or religious led service.
The memorial on the bench is not the school endorsing religion, it is not even about the school. It is about and pertains to the student in whose memory it was written and as it is relevant to that student that is justification enough for it.
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:19:38 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: ForYourChildren
Is this a federally funded bench? How does a bench "establish a religion?" It's not an altar, it's a place to park people's butts. The EC is part of the Constitution... the Constitution is a limit on federal government powers, is it not? Is the government forbidden to buy and use Shaker furniture or anything designed and built by a Lutheran? Just curious because in many protestant denominations one's vocation is considered to be one's ministry or mission field.
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:29:31 PM PDT
by
piasa
To: jeffersondem
I guess they’ll have to vandalize the Supreme Court next... there’s some religious references there...
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:31:43 PM PDT
by
piasa
To: piasa
And of course atop the Washington Monument.
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:41:12 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(RATs, RINOs...same thing)
To: ForYourChildren
Sorry for the shallow intellect as a response, but I am really assuming a hatred for a growing portion of people in this country.
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posted on
10/01/2017 9:43:23 PM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: ForYourChildren
They only have “tolerance” for the muslim religion, NOT Christianity.
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posted on
10/01/2017 10:18:52 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(Whatever it takes to MAGA)
To: ForYourChildren
A bible verse on a bench does not constitute establishing a state religion.
To: ForYourChildren
A bench does not constitute establishing a state religion.
To: ForYourChildren
I did not realize that carving I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me was powerful enough to establish a state religion. I should have known though; the Bible tells us how powerful God’s word is.
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posted on
10/02/2017 2:36:49 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
Virginians seem to have no trouble finding the worst possible politicians from school boards to the governor.
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posted on
10/02/2017 3:50:01 AM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
To: wintertime
Privatization is not necessarily a solution. Can't you think of any sleazy company? When the goal includes making in money for profit, altruistic purposes such as education may not be met. Commercial schools would adopt exactly the same measurement tools that government schools use, and then corrupt them exactly the same way to justify the existence of high paid leadership. Commercial schools would monopolize just the same as a government school. Nothing would change.
If enough people would actually participate in our government entities, they could be changed. We have a voice in governance. We don't have one in a corporation unless you own majority shares.
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posted on
10/02/2017 4:13:22 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
“Nancy Leonard and the school board should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town.”
School boards are Elected. The citizens get what they Vote For.
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posted on
10/02/2017 6:28:27 AM PDT
by
Phosgood
(Send in the Clowns...but Wait, they're here!! >..<)
To: GingisK
Privatization is the only solution.
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posted on
10/03/2017 12:53:32 PM PDT
by
wintertime
(Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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