Posted on 09/27/2009 12:27:57 PM PDT by Patriot1259
But what was this alleged crime that the ACLU and Judge Rodgers believed was so heinous, so evil, and so insidious that criminal contempt charges, charges that could result in a $5000 fine and/or six months in prison, needed to be leveled at high school principal, Frank Lay, and athletic director, Robert Freeman? Were they plotting a terrorist attack on the school? No. Were they engaged in inappropriate sexual activities with the students? No. Were they embezzling school funds? No. Had they given their athletes performance enhancing drugs? No. Had they altered test scores to ensure Pace High School received federal funding? No. Nothing as mundane as these types of crimes raised the ire and moral indignation of Judge Rodgers and the ACLU. Rather, the crime was the utterance of a few words, a blessing over a meal to be exact, a luncheon given to show appreciation to businesses and individuals who had helped in the construction of a new athletic field house. The Consent Decree implemented by Judge Rodgers with the enthusiastic blessing of the ACLU had succeeded in criminalizing prayer. And they were not about to let a couple of uppity Christians get away with invoking God’s blessing without their blessing.
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appalling. this is something to pass around. lots of people should know about this.
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