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12 Washington State High School Students Suspended for Public Prayer Group
LifeSiteNews.com ^ | March6, 2007 | Gudrun Schultz

Posted on 03/07/2007 7:48:42 AM PST by csistrueblue

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To: Godzilla
In the articel at post 71, a member of the groups is reported to have said they DON't want club status. But a member of the loose, multi-faith group disciplined on Friday said it doesn’t want club designation

This is understandable because the very nature of the group's belief system is that group prayer should be a normal part of everyday life, not something that is just done by members of an organized club.

81 posted on 03/07/2007 9:41:54 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
If an anti-war group of a dozen students had made a habit of gathering in the cafeteria of the 2200 student school for 10-15 minutes in the morning, before the school start time of 7AM, to share the latest stories of "innocent Iraqis killed by American soldiers", who, would they have been told they had to relocate the activity to an assigned room? Of would their argument that it was important to "make other students aware of the issues" have sufficed for administrators who happened to agree.

If this had happened, you would have a good point. However, it appears that no groups are allowed to have their meetings in the Common area.
82 posted on 03/07/2007 9:44:52 AM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: GovernmentShrinker
If an anti-war group of a dozen students had made a habit of gathering in the cafeteria of the 2200 student school for 10-15 minutes in the morning, before the school start time of 7AM, to share the latest stories of "innocent Iraqis killed by American soldiers", who, would they have been told they had to relocate the activity to an assigned room? Of would their argument that it was important to "make other students aware of the issues" have sufficed for administrators who happened to agree.

If this had happened, you would have a good point. However, it appears that no groups are allowed to have their meetings in the Common area.
83 posted on 03/07/2007 9:44:58 AM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: Stone Mountain

That passage is generally interpreted to mean that one should not engage in prayer with the intent of impressing others, not that one should never pray in public. A reasonable interpretation, since Jesus and his followers are described in the New Testament as doing quite a bit of public praying.


84 posted on 03/07/2007 9:46:59 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Mr. Lucky

Bingo!!!!:)

Becky


85 posted on 03/07/2007 9:47:56 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: Stone Mountain

We don't know that that has been the policy in the past; though I'm sure administrators are now prohibiting other groups from meeting there.


86 posted on 03/07/2007 9:49:00 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: RobRoy

The lady who is suing for "wrongful birth" (on another thread) is apparently named Raper.


87 posted on 03/07/2007 9:51:08 AM PST by MortMan (Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.)
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To: csistrueblue
If they were truly blocking traffic, then they deserve to be disciplined. . .as long as all others who do the same are also disciplined.

I would be willing to bet, however, that if a homosexual group were conducting some sort of protest and blocking students from moving through the commons, nothing would have been done.

88 posted on 03/07/2007 9:53:54 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Stone Mountain
have seen no evidence that the school allows other groups to meet in the Commons area.

No and you probably won't, wonder why that is?

Go check out a few schools Stone, there are several shortcomings in your understanding of the public school process.

89 posted on 03/07/2007 9:53:58 AM PST by itsahoot (The GOP did nothing about immigration, immigration did something about the GOP (As Predicted))
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Yes, for this you need the tag. It is all pretty close to reality in California.


90 posted on 03/07/2007 9:54:25 AM PST by ThanhPhero (di hanh huong den La Vang)
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To: Stone Mountain
[Matthew 6:5-6]

You really want to go there Stone?

91 posted on 03/07/2007 9:57:03 AM PST by itsahoot (The GOP did nothing about immigration, immigration did something about the GOP (As Predicted))
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To: Ramius
Uhhhhh...

Hmmmmm?

Did you not make this post - to me?
If you weren't alluding to a prior post of mine why did you claim that I was "trigger happy"?
In my quest to find out what the heck you were talking about I went back and reread my posts in this thread. My original post on this thread is the only one I could find that could even come remotely close to leading someone into thinking that I was "trigger happy" and anyone that would, would either have some serious reading comprehension issues or they misread the word "shouting" from the rooftops to mean "shooting" from the rooftops.
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Now... Having only the assumption that you misread my post and that, from my perspective, you inserted the word "shooting" in place of "shouting" I made my follow up, tongue in cheek, post to you correcting what I assumed was a mistake on your part when you made the claim that I was "trigger happy." Apparently you don't even recall making the above post and it seems you lack a sense of humor.


If you wish to play please... Try to keep up with your own posts or be clearer in your responses. There is enough confusion in the world as it is. ;-)

Thanks!
92 posted on 03/07/2007 10:00:35 AM PST by EndWelfareToday (Live free and keep what you earn. - Tancredo or Hunter)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I think we have a similiar attitude about this....


93 posted on 03/07/2007 10:02:11 AM PST by politicalwit (Freedom doesn't mean a Free Pass.)
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To: csistrueblue

I'm sure if it was a Muslim prayer group, the administration would have looked the other way.


94 posted on 03/07/2007 10:03:14 AM PST by rintense (Just say no to McCain in 2008!)
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To: jazusamo

“They’re in the middle of a very busy area, grouped together, so others couldn’t get around,” he said. “Other kids cannot avoid it. That’s not appropriate, whether they’re praying or whatever they’re doing.”

Deserves to be repeated.


95 posted on 03/07/2007 10:09:49 AM PST by voltaires_zit
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To: EndWelfareToday
Good grief... what's your problem? Why are you attacking me? All I've said is that maybe they were actually just blocking traffic... maybe I'm wrong about that... but then you come back with this silly nonsense:

Yet you have no problems, I'm sure, with sodomites running naked through the middle of the street playing grab arse right?

LOL... pardon me if I laugh, inasmuch as I can't imagine what I said that leads you to such a ridiculous conclusion. ~That~ is what I meant by trigger-happy. You flamed out at nothing. Yeesh.

I've already spent more time on this than it deserves. Please feel free to let it drop.

96 posted on 03/07/2007 10:12:58 AM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: csistrueblue

bump...


97 posted on 03/07/2007 10:16:24 AM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: Nightshift

ping a ling...


98 posted on 03/07/2007 10:16:52 AM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: AZRepublican

or if they were praying toward Mecca...it would not matter how much student traffic was disrupted.


99 posted on 03/07/2007 10:21:05 AM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: voltaires_zit

That was my take on it also and they had been warned.


100 posted on 03/07/2007 10:22:03 AM PST by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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