Freedom of speech is DOA in the USA folks.
A federal judge has ruled that nobody at a high school graduation can use religious terms like “prayer” and “Amen.”
So, remember that whole thing about “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech…” Well, it looks like judges can do whatever the hell they please.
Fox News reports:
A federal judge has ordered a Texas school district to prohibit public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony.
Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery’s order against the Medina Valley Independent School District also forbids students from using specific religious words including “prayer” and “amen.”
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz. Their son is among those scheduled to participate in Saturday’s graduation ceremony. The judge declared that the Schultz family and their son would “suffer irreparable harm” if anyone prayed at the ceremony.
We could go on and one about how crazy this is. We all know that nobody suffers irreparable harm from hearing religious words. This is about drumming Christianity out of this country. It’s really that simple.
I’m hoping this high school takes a stand. I want everyone there including students, parents, teachers, administrators, janitors, lunch ladies, the librarian, and heck yeah even the hall monitors to say any and all religious words (including “prayer” and “Amen”) as often as they can until they pass out. And when they wake up start over.
The stupid judge said that anyone affiliated with the school district not obeying his edict that they’d be found in contempt of court and face incarceration. That’s right. Incarceration. That means…yeah…in America they’re now sending people to jail for mentioning God. Well, make ’em do it.
Maybe we should all get in a bus and head down there. I’ve got a 24 pack of Diet Cokes. That’ll get me at least to Delaware. And then we can all crash on Jen Fulwiler’s couch in Texas. Don’t worry, it’s a sectional so there’s plenty of room.
June 3, 2011 at 9:44 pm
Dutchman, do you think a student should be forbidden to mention God at a graduation ceremony, perhaps during a speech? If a student wants to thank God in front of his/her peers, I don't believe it should be in the government's power to say no. That is very different than prayer being an official part of the ceremony, isn't it? Yet the ruling prohibits both.
June 3, 2011 at 10:03 pm
I would love to see this group of young grads do what I've heard done before. That is have someone sneeze and then the whole class say "God Bless You."
Just for a start. 🙂
June 3, 2011 at 10:36 pm
The students should take a page from Washington Community High School's famous sneeze blessing. It's become something of a email chain legend now, but snopes has a pretty good breakdown of it:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/sneeze.asp
June 3, 2011 at 10:41 pm
I want some brave soul at the graduation ceremony stand up in the middle of it and lead a rousing chorus of that "Amen" song. And, I'm assuming that the entire audience will join in – 'cept that little weasel and his family.
June 3, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Good news folks, an appeals court struck down the ruling.
June 3, 2011 at 11:47 pm
The 5th circuit court of appeals overturned the chief justice's decision within 24 hours of the emergency request for appeal. That quick of a turnaround is virtually unheard of and is a huge embarrassment to the errant judge. It will likely send a shock wave, making others pause before abusing their judicial power. The appeals court decision cited the role of the valedictorian who, as a young American, demonstrated a strong civic awareness and of the Bill of Rights. This gag order was a violation of her right to free speech and practice of religion.
June 4, 2011 at 1:07 am
Story on the overturning: http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Texas_Attorney_General_Fights_Courts_Ban_On_Prayer_At_Graduation.html
June 4, 2011 at 2:53 pm
But did you vote in your last school board election? Local election? State election?
June 5, 2011 at 4:04 am
Sad. Blogged it at Satan's Blog (Christian satire): http://wp.me/p14HPl-RK. Check it out.
June 5, 2011 at 4:07 am
The 5th circuit court of appeals overturned the chief justice's decision within 24 hours of the emergency request for appeal.
Does this mean y'all won't be crashing on my couch? I had just ordered the keg…
June 6, 2011 at 1:42 am
This nation, America, is founded on The Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal (not born equal) and endowed by our Creator (not the state)with certain unalienable rights and among these rights are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Our founding principles hold that Our Creator, the Father of Jesus Christ is our God and Father of us all. Our founding principles were written to exclude Allah, Satan, atheism, for these deny all unalienable (civil) rights to man. All civil rights cases are paid for by the federal tax dollars. Citizens must rise up and sue the government for establishing the worship of Satan in human sacrifice, the putting to death one person for another person in abortion. Human sacrifice destroys civilization and brings barbarianism. With removal of the Ten Commandments, execution of innocent students at Columbine, and other executions at Newark New Jersey schools, that could have and ought to have been prevented by enforcing the Ten Commandments were not prevented, vengeance for not indoctrinating human beings in the love of their neighbor and the sacredness of the human being. Citizens must sue the federal government for establishing the totalitarianism of atheism and the destruction of the common good through Islam. Who of the Muslim religion has the perfect innocence to act for Allah in executing so called “infidels”??? Let him who is perfect in innocence step forward and PROVE he is perfect in innocence to act in Allah’s name. Religious execution is nothing but destruction of witnesses to testify against homicide. Allah will act for Himself.
Every murder victim’s family needs to sue the government for not preventing the murder by instructing the people in the Ten Commandments: 5) Thou shalt not kill. Every murder victim’s family needs to sue the atheist for removing from the public square the instruction to prevent the crime of homicide to their family members. 5) Thou shalt not kill.
The barbarian hordes have been let loose to carnage, murder, rape and sack among the people by the government and they, both the barbarian hordes and the enablers, need to be held accountable to the victims and the common good. The will of the people is being violated and the government is standing by waiting for God to bring Divine Providence, instead of exercising the sovereign authority vested in them to govern.
Elected officials who reject OUR CREATOR of our Declaration of Independence and the objective ordering of rights, Life before Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, reject their citizenship and their endowed civil rights in this nation.
June 6, 2011 at 1:48 am
@Anonymous: "Let Shultz have the official graduation all to himself" Excellent. Otherwise one becomes a party to his own disenfranchisment.
June 6, 2011 at 6:59 am
Susan L: you're an evil genius
The path to follow is very simple: someone should sue the school and say the will suffer an irreparable damage if they don't hear the word "amen" on their graduation day 😉
June 6, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Pinko commies using slave schools to dispirit the reactionaries and prevent the strongest arm of the counter revolution.