Comments on: Massachusetts Judge Ignores First Amendment

By: paul

paul — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:47:26 +0000

I don’t see how it is practical to require state schools to inform parents anytime they teach something that could interfere with the religion of their choice.

If the schools decide to do that, fine.

But the parents don’t have a constitutional right to have it done for them.

By: gary l. day

gary l. day — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:01:06 +0000

Of course Jefferson was right. He was a staunch advocate of
secular government and separation of church and state.

And could someone please explain to me why “diversity” is such
an evil thing, when it is nothing more than an acknowledgment
that there are different types of people in the world, and should
be respected–provided they don’t seek to harm others.

By: Thomas Jackson

Thomas Jackson — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:34:55 +0000

I found it interesting that a judge could disregard the Constitution with such ease and ignore the evidence of its intentions since the founding of the republic. More evidence that Jefferson was right.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:22:46 +0000

Out of curiosity, would you support the right of fundamentalist Muslims to encourage suicide bombings? Some imams would claim that was a breach of their freedom of religious expression (the concept of jihad – both in terms of personal struggle and ‘martyrdom’ – is central in most schools of Islam). So far as I can see, both situations are fundamentally about abusing rights to foster bigotry and hatred.

By: T F Stern

T F Stern — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:58:01 +0000

As I wrote earlier this month on very same issue under the title â€œLegitimate State Interestâ€; teaching diversity is how the state schools implement their socialist agenda, an agenda which eventually destroys the family unit, the foundations of a free society, religion and replaces God with â€œthe Stateâ€.