More Students Tell Complainers To Kiss Off!

J.J. Jackson* | May 27, 2006

This is yet another prime example of our schools turning out graduates that are not taught what our Constitution actually says. But I will BET they know how to put a condom on a banana!

In the past, Munford High School graduations started with a student saying a prayer and ended with another student-led prayer.

But at Monday night’s commencement ceremony at Dr. Sid Witherington Stadium, due to intervention by the Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the tradition was broken. A new twist was added with a group of prayer supporters picketing and a not-so-quiet moment of silence.

Munford principal Darry Marshall asked the 1,500-plus audience for that moment of silence so everyone could “reflect on what makes this day so special.”

Most of the audience stood, bowing their heads. Then, most of the 286 graduating seniors pulled out laminated bookmarks and folded up pieces of paper that they had been given earlier and began reciting “The Lord’s Prayer.” Students said beforehand that they knew that the moment of silence would be their chance to speak.

Once those in the audience realized what the students were doing, they broke into wild cheering as the silence in the football stadium was broken by the verses of the prayer. commecialappeal.com Mephis Online

How many thousands of dollars did we spend per student that we still had a handful of students “questioning whether their high school was adhering to the U.S. Constitution by what they felt was school-sponsored prayer”?

Ok let’s cover it again!

Amendment 1:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”

James Madison’s ORIGINAL wording to put into perspective what this means:

“The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.”

Ok, so a MAJORITY Christian community wants to acknowledge that they are Christians. Question: is that “unconstitutional”? Answer: NO! Question: If a student who is not Christian hears other students who are Christian praying have his/her rights been violated? Answer: NO!

What would be unconstitutional? Here are some examples:
1) The community passing a law that requires all those living there to belong to [insert church here].
2) Forcibly requiring those that are not Christian at the graduation ceremony to participate in the prayer.

Get the picture?

The ACLU says ” Whether any fallout will result from the students’ prayer at Monday night’s ceremony will be up to the courts” and “If we were presented with the right set of facts and plaintiffs who had standing and want to pursue a challenge, the ACLU of Tennessee would go forward and challenge”.

What the ACLU doesn’t tell you however is that there is no one that actually could possibly have standing to purse legal action. They may claim they have standing, but the fact of the matter is they don’t.

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