ACLU Attacks Praying

Sounds like them.

I guess somebody in the crowd didn't think their food needed blessed. Unblessed food is ok.

These two educators have over 35 years each of teaching and now they are in danger of losing their freedom and losing thier careers and all because the ACLU doesn't want anyone to pray.

I have seen them defend Christian things many time.. but the fact is even some Christians, don’t believe in having prayer in schools. I know its hard to believe, but they have ad kids come home who were ridiculed because the were catholic or Jewish, or believed in a Christian doctrine that is not Evangelistic. And some who were hounded by people like Baptist, for not being Baptist. I for one, believe praying out loud in a group should be reserved for congregational use only, because it easily leads to the one who is saying the prayer to interfere with a persons personal relationship with God, or it can be used to shame people or hurt people .. In other words.. this type of prayer is often pointed to the people around them more than GOD. A lot of right wing evangelicals use it as a recruitment tool, and school is not the place for that, at all .! It causes a lot of problems... a child’s school should never be a place to apostatize. Christianity should never be involved in peer pressure and with kids that is what you open it to... If a child wants to pray silently or alone , that should be fine, anywhere. You don’t have to be a non-believer for this to offend you.

"It seems the ACLU will take about up such about any cause and will defend anyone’s and everyone’s rights except Christians."

If it seems that way to you, then my guess is that you don't really know much about the ACLU. The ACLU has defended the rights of Christians numerous times.

"In their latest attack against an individual’s right to worship as he or she chooses..."

Freedom of religion doesn't include a right for school officials to use their positions to "persistently and pervasively promote their personal religious beliefs in the public schools and at school events." According to the complaint, this has been going on for over a decade. It's time for it to stop. No public school student should be subjected to proselytizing in class or during extracurricular activities.

"Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman are now in a fight for their freedom and their careers because Principal Lay asked Freeman to bless the food at the luncheon."

No, they're facing a potential six-month jail sentence because they violated a court order.

If these "educators" have so little respect for the law and for the civil rights of their students, maybe they need to find a new profession. As preachers, maybe?

Juan, you have totally misrepresented the ACLU. I hope you will study what the organization does and apologize for posting this misleading post.

ACLU aside, no one can stop anyone from praying. As far as I know, no one has tried to stop anyone from praying. People only want to stop those who think others have to "observe" their prayers. If you believe in God, you believe he knows your heart. Pray in silence - any time, any place.

This was not a school event, there were no kids envolved in the luncheon and no one was forced to pray. The ACLU is the one that pushed for the contempt order and now these two guys will go to jail for praying. That to me sounds idiotic.

"This was not a school event, there were no kids envolved in the luncheon and no one was forced to pray."

It was a school-related event, there were students present, and it doesn't matter if anybody is forced to pray or not.

"The ACLU is the one that pushed for the contempt order and now these two guys will go to jail for praying. That to me sounds idiotic."

What seems idiotic to me is that this school district has systematically violated the rights of the children in their care for over a decade, and even with the legally-binding voluntary agreement to stop, these two characters have refused to do so.