Posted on 06/19/2013 6:37:38 AM PDT by marshmallow
Ellery Schempp, at 16 years of age in 1956, stayed in his seat while the rest of his high school class stood to recite the Lord’s prayer; he flipped through the Koran while his homeroom teacher recited ten verses from the Bible. What began as a quite protest in his Philadelphia high school became Supreme Court case Abington v. Schempp, which declared Bible readings and prayer in public schools unconstitutional.
“A sense of fairness motivated the teen. He knew his Jewish friends were uncomfortable and believed the same must be true for other religious minorities and non-believers,” and his parents backed his idea.
“I was touched by the children here,” said Schempp recently after watching a fifty-year anniversary skit performed by 4-13-year-olds, reenacting his classroom protest. “First of all, I noticed that they didn’t know the Lord’s Prayer. You can blame me for that.” Today, Schempp is a Unitarian and self-proclaimed atheist and secular humanist.
Whether or not the children know Schempp by name, they certainly live with his legacy. When told, “Back in those days, we read the Bible in school,” one child who now attends Schempp’s former high school immediately replied, “They can’t do that. It’s against the Constitution.”
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If you’re partial to sewers.
For a Conservative exposition on the issues as far as religion goes, Leftwing Word Games & The First Amendment.
William Flax
There’s no such thing.
Well she who must be laughed at has said it on at least a dozen occasions. Have you given up reading her tirades?
All cities have sewers.
I’d always believed that decent people were in bed at a decent hour, at least their children were.
I had no idea i was being indecent.
Of course, you were HOME. and you were in bed. That’s my point. These kids were running loose in the streets.
The beauty of Christianity is that the God I serve still wants to save short-sighted fools like Ellery Schempp from eternal damnation.
And ‘you can blame Him for that’, Ellery.
I'll take a Constitutional citation to that effect whenever that child is ready to provide it. Be exact, child. I'll be waiting.
There's a difference between *All cities have sewers* and *All cities are sewers.*
Chicago is a pustule. So is Boston.
They are places where, if you are a native, then the rules don’t apply. If you’re not, then the smallest infraction of those rules are used to hammer you into the turf.
Chicago was the birthplace of the Communist movement in America, and it is the home of the current Socialist movement in America. It is almost completely corrupt.
It is a pock.
Today, Schempp is a Unitarian and self-proclaimed atheist and secular humanist.
Scumbag.
According to the theory of Natural Rights, all the rights we enjoy were granted by God, not the state. Take God out of the equation and what do we have?
Besides that SCOTUS decision was insane. It, in effect, blocked the free exercize of religion which is specifically protected by the First Amendment.
How this evil tempered, self-righteous little old turd can be pleased with his accomplishments is beyond me.
Must be an Obama Marxist too.
I did say ‘politics aside’. It’s a beautiful and vibrant city.
Excellent steakhouses. Morton’s, Lawery’s, and there’s one run by the mob near the Hard Rock. I’ve been to the Palm’s there, but it wasn’t as good as the original Morton’s.
Ruth’s Chris is also great. Rush talks about it.
This whole thing is a complete propaganda stunt with obviously moronic “students”. And none of them, allegedly, knew the Lord’s Prayer? Given that the ethnic makeup of a modern urban school in Philadelphia is most likely African American, that is VERY disturbing, as black Americans have historically been devout Christians. Or maybe they’re learning islam at home.....
Looking at various demographic statistics over the years and the results of the last two presidential elections I would change that to "Christian in name only".
The difference is that in 1963 a large reserve of moral capital was still a foundation of the Zeitgeist of the Age. The radical Supreme Court was an anomaly, and many of their radical decisions were merely formal, and not immediately enacted by a society which still largely revered godliness and public morality.
That reserve of moral capital has now dwindled to a tenuous thread after decades of incessant chiseling away by the 60's barbarians. Any similar radical decision today is bound to be acted upon by the reprobate political party in power.
Of course you can continue. If you do, do not be surprised if some conclude that government school defenders ( some of whom are government school teachers) are bullies and stalkers.
Of course you can continue. If you do, do not be surprised if some conclude that government school defenders ( some of whom are government school teachers) are bullies and stalkers.
I am truly sorry, the moderator has told you that you can't say that anymore.
I am pinging Humblegunner so that he can verify this.
If you like I will be glad to find the post and direct you to it.
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