ACLU Successfully Censors Religious Expression at Russell County Graduation
Posted on May 19, 2006
A federal judge on Friday blocked the inclusion of prayer as part of Russell County High School’s graduation ceremonies.
U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley granted a temporary restraining order sought by a student who doesn’t want prayer to be part of the graduation exercises on Friday.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of the unidentified student on Tuesday. ACLU attorney Lili Lutgens said any clergy-led prayer would be unconstitutional because it would endorse a specific religion and religious views.
Once again the ACLU deny the rights of the majority to appease the over sensitive feelings of one lone individual.
“Of course the Constitution doesn’t say anything about offering up a 30-second prayer at a high school graduation,” says the constitutional attorney, “but we have this history of crazy court decisions that have kind of created an illusory wall separating students and folks who are voluntarily attending these events from any kind of recognition or acknowledgement of God. It’s really just an absurd state of affairs.”
Those court decisions, he says, have erected a “horrific double-standard” in the law by frequently protecting a single atheist who objects to school prayer. He explains that observation.
“Put the shoe on the other foot for a minute,” says Crampton. “Consider what deeply religious Christian students are forced to endure in the classroom setting itself: countless hours, in most cases, of pro-homosexual propaganda; graphic teachings on sex; untold numbers of anti-Christian diatribes — all offered in the name of tolerance or educational necessity.
“Very rarely are [those students] given an opportunity to opt out,” he notes.
Sadly, the double standard has become quite common place. Students should have the right to voluntarily have a 30 second prayer at their own graduation. The fact that a school allows these individuals to express their religion is in no way an endorsement, unless they were to deny people of other religions from doing the same. An offended athiest does not have any right not to be offended. The precedent in these kinds of cases are opposite of what our Consitution guarantees, and it is sickening that so many judges fall for this ridiculous argument.
Related: Michelle Malkin has a Graduation Speech of her own.
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“An offended athiest does not have any right not to be offended.”
Same goes for religious people, who have no right to not be offended by court decisions that upset them.
“The precedent in these kinds of cases are opposite of what our Consitution guarantees, and it is sickening that so many judges fall for this ridiculous argument.”
Yeah, it’s sickening that generations of judges see things one way, while strongly religious people lacking legal or even college educations claim differently. This is little different from listening to some Baptist bumpkin from a trailer park in Mississippi who dropped out of high school at age 13 claiming that there is no evidence for evolution, as if he’d know it if it bit him on the nose.
So Christians need to stand up say this is enough and ignore the unjust laws. Jesus said that they would face persecution and they should be glad to glorify Jesus’ name in doing so. The ACLU is a tyrant and will continue to be a tyrant until people stand up against their evil no matter what the cost.
A famous American once stated give me liberty of give me death. Where is the Spirit of America? Has it grown old and just grumbles now? Are we just a people old before our time that are on our deathbed. It looks to me that, that is the case.
Sorry, it’s no one’s right to use public institutions to cram their beliefs down others’ throats. A voluntary student-led prayer is fine. But it’s not okay for a PUBLIC school to endorse a particular religion. If you want to pray, go ahead. But don’t insist that the school must lead prayers.