On May 15, 1:37 am, buckeye <buckeye...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
http://www.newuniversity.org/main/article?slug=3Dbible_teens_declare_ho...=
>
> Bible Teens Declare Holy War on Separation of Church and State
> by Resham Parikh
>
> Where do we draw the line between church and state? The students at
> Kentridge High School in Wa****ngton don=92t seem to believe that there
sho=
uld
> be a line at all. Why? Because removing religion from public schools
would=
> be discriminatory. They want the state to fund religious organizations
tha=
t
> exclude people of other faiths. They argue that the state already funds
> racial and gay rights groups. It just isn=92t fair!
>
> The students filed a suit against the Kent School District, arguing that
> Kent is discriminating against them based on their religion. According
to
> the students, the First Amendment allows them to create an on-campus
=93Tr=
uth
> Bible Club=94 with full funding and yearbook-picture rights. However,
> according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the students refuse to
grant
> official member****p and voting rights to those who do not sign a
do***ent
> that confirms =93the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible,
> authoritative Word of God.=94 Michael Harrington, Kent=92s legal
advisor, =
said
> that this was a reasonable cause to restrict the club=92s access to the
> public school=92s funds.
>
> According to Harrington, the club does not allow member****p for all
> students but expects the entire student body to fund it. Mike Tierney,
the=
> Kent school district=92s representative, said that the public school
distr=
ict
> is =93an arm of the state,=94 and thus cannot sanction any group that
excl=
udes
> people from becoming members based on race or religion. Other clubs are
> focused on issues concerning one group but allow member****p to all who
are=
> interested. Tierney continues, =93I do not believe a group of skinheads
co=
uld
> create an Aryan club and call it =91God Only Loves White People=92 and
exp=
ect
> the student body to charter it.=94 Harrington agrees, =93It may be more
> accurate to call them the Christian Bible Club. That way, people of
anothe=
r
> faith won=92t be offended.=94
>
> Camron Barth, the 2003 vice president of the Associate Student Body,
said,=
> =93The name =91Truth=92 implies that everything else is a lie. =85 We
want=
to
> celebrate our diversity. I sup****t the club, but the name should be
> changed. ASB is willing to compromise.=94 In fact, ASB told the club
that =
if
> it wanted school funding, all it had to do was open member****p to all
> students and change the name to a less offensive one. However, the
student=
s
> refused. One student said that there is no compromising when it comes to
> God and that the school was trying to suppress his beliefs, even though
it=
> allows the club to meet on campus.
>
> The students who sup****t the club believe that =93truth=94 is synonymous
w=
ith
> =93Jesus=94 and that it is not reasonable to make them change the name.
> Unfortunately, these students believe that their religion is the true
> religion and that allowing others to access member****p without faith
> defeats the purpose of the club, even if others fund it. According to
Chuc=
k
> Lid, another lawyer for Kent, =93The district has no problem with
religiou=
s
> clubs,=94 since they already have two other Bible groups that are open
to =
all
> students.
>
> Despite the original ruling against the close-minded Christian students,
> the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision and revived the
> case on April 25.
>
> ***************************************************************
> You are invited to check out the following:
>
> The Rise of the Theocratic States of
Americahttp://members.tripod.com/~can=
dst/theocracy.htm
>
> American Theocrats - Past and
Presenthttp://members.tripod.com/~candst/the=
ocrats.htm
>
> The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and
Statehttp://members=
..tripod.com/~candst/index.html
>
> [and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation
of
> Church and State in general, listed below]
>
> HRSepCnS =B7 Historical Reality
SepChurch&Statehttp://groups.yahoo.com/gro=
up/HRSepCnS/
>
> ***************************************************************
> . . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
> respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning.
Words
> take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why
"=
a
> page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v.
Eisner=
,
> 256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
> Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
> . . .
> ****************************************************************
> USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
>
> "You pilot always into an unknown future;
> facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
>
> That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
> many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
>
> It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
> plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
> almost every media turn.
>
> *****************************************************************
> THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
> SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
>
> http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
> ****************************************************************
Right now, in some "Christian" youth group, fanatics are raising the
next generation of the American Taliban.
H
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