UnrepentantSinner said:
Originally Posted by DOC View Post
1 instance of students being prevented from praying or being subjected to discipline for praying
1 instance in which students were disciplined or corrected for bringing a bible or a religious book with them to school or reading their bibles or religious books on campus
1 instance of students disciplined for, or barred from, sharing religious writings with students
1 instance of school officials barring the formation of student-led bible clubs or prayer groups, or denying such groups equal access in accord with federal law
1 instance of students being denied a grade or being required to redo an assignment because of the inclusion of religious content in their work
1 instance of restricting or prohibiting the wearing of shirts, clothing or jewelry bearing religious messages
1 instance of students or student groups being denied the opportunity to participate in music or talent shows because of religious content in their performances
We don't need all 15 or 40 or 130, just one of each of these situations will be fine. Any chance you'll actually do some homework instead of deflecting, asking loaded questions or ignoring requests for evidence this time?
Just for the record UnrepentantSinner added the number 1 in front of the all the words (instance) above, which misquoted my original posting.
Congressional testimony by lawyers who can disbarred and have their life's work destroyed for lying to Congress is good enough for me. But if your not satisfied and are really sincere in your interest, nothing is stopping you from writing the American Center of law and Justice and requesting that information.
The following is what I my original posting that UnrepentantSinner changed looked like:
"Beyond the anecdotal evidence provided by the stories of Pierre Bynum and Misty Newberry, there is other substantial evidence of a real and continuing problem over students' rights of religious freedom in the public schools. The American Center for Law and Justice, for which I work, recently surveyed its intake records for the period from July 1, 1995 through June 13, 1997, to take stock of the numbers and kinds of incidents in which students have suffered deprivation of religious liberties. That survey uncovered over 450 instances in which the religious content of student expression or activity prompted some school authority to restrict religious freedom.
Those incidents included:
20 instances of students being prevented from praying or being subjected to discipline for praying
106 instances in which students were disciplined or corrected for bringing a bible or a religious book with them to school or reading their bibles or religious books on campus
51 instances of students disciplined for, or barred from, sharing religious writings with students
130 instances of school officials barring the formation of student-led bible clubs or prayer groups, or denying such groups equal access in accord with federal law
65 instances of students being denied a grade or being required to redo an assignment because of the inclusion of religious content in their work
48 instances of restricting or prohibiting the wearing of shirts, clothing or jewelry bearing religious messages
48 instances of students or student groups being denied the opportunity to participate in music or talent shows because of religious content in their performances
This summary of incidents suggests strongly that public school officials and their attorneys have forgotten something that the Congress well knew at the time of its adoption of the Northwest Ordinance. In the Ordinance, the Congress stated that ''[r]eligion, morality, and knowledge'' were ''necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind,'' and that the diffusion of ''[r]eligion, morality, and knowledge'' are intimately linked with ''schools and the means of education.''
From a Congressional Hearing (Jay Seculow speaking)
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees...u57840_0.HTM#0
