[American in Israel]

Why would a Moslem or a Bhuddist or any person have a problem with that scripture? The only person that could be offended in any sense from that would be someone who lives in guilt denying that a God they know exists does indeed exist.

Perhaps we should get rid of all police because it reminds lawbreakers that there is Justice? When we choose to make the majority of anything illegal to protect the minority from having to tolerate the majority then all things are illegal automaticly. We become a society of intolerance and the least common denominator.

No society based on being inoffensive to all will ever achieve greatness in anything. We could never reach the moon because of the pollution, we could never have radio because someone somewhere would not like what was said. The greatness of society is the free expression of ideas and hashing out what is truth openly. Suppression of ideas is the sign of a decaying society not a thriving inventive one.

Where is the land of the free today? You cannot cut a tree in your own yard because some neighbor likes it better than you, you cannot defend your own family with your own gun because some government official does not trust you, you pay more taxes than you take home in pay, and you cannot share the most important things in your life because someone who is offended about life itself might be offended at you.

In the end, did America become the land of the free or the home of the Knave? You decide...

[American in Israel]

Please read my post 5 for an alternate viewpoint

[yendu bwam]

When we choose to make the majority of anything illegal to protect the minority from having to tolerate the majority then all things are illegal automaticly. We become a society of intolerance and the least common denominator.

American in Israel is right. There is nothing unconstitutional at all about that church putting up a verse from the Bible. Congress has established no religion. No one is being coerced into believing anything. When an ad is put up for Bill's deli, that doesn't coerce me into thinking his deli is better, or that the school supports Bill's deli, or that I need to believe in Bill's deli. There is nothing wrong at all about putting up that sign. Do you all not give Americans enough credit to be able to read it, and decide for themselves what they think about it? What do you think we all are? Morons?

[tuckrdout]

"In the end, did America become the land of the free or the home of the Knave? You decide..."

Here, here! Very good points!

I don't believe that the constitution guarantees freedom from being offended! Instead, the very first amendment rightly guarantees that the government can not restrict religion...nor freedom of speech. The government school, in this case is doing both!

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

As far as I know, drinking alcohol, smoking and the man/boy love association are not religions. Evangelism, on the other hand, is an exercise of Christianity. This is not just a matter of freedom of speech. It is also a matter of the state prohibiting the free exercise of Christianity.