Comments on: When State And Church Don’t Get Along http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:36:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ser http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/comment-page-1/#comment-58828 Ser Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:04:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/#comment-58828 Good job. Good job.

]]> By: michael reynolds http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 michael reynolds Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:32:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/#comment-2975 First of all, of course free speech doesn't apply to elementary kids in school. Good grief. Do you have kids? That having been said, I'm both an atheist and a contributor to the ACLU, and I don't have a problem with the kid putting Jesus on a poster -- so long as we all accept the fact that any school assignment may be graded, and Jesus may fairly be judged to be irrelevant to the assignment. In other words, by all means include Jesus, but if his inclusion is silly or gratuitous teachers should be able to judge that fact as they would any other element of the assignment, without having to automatically tug a forelock in Christ's direction. First of all, of course free speech doesn’t apply to elementary kids in school. Good grief. Do you have kids?

That having been said, I’m both an atheist and a contributor to the ACLU, and I don’t have a problem with the kid putting Jesus on a poster — so long as we all accept the fact that any school assignment may be graded, and Jesus may fairly be judged to be irrelevant to the assignment. In other words, by all means include Jesus, but if his inclusion is silly or gratuitous teachers should be able to judge that fact as they would any other element of the assignment, without having to automatically tug a forelock in Christ’s direction.

]]> By: RA http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/comment-page-1/#comment-2970 RA Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:58:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/#comment-2970 The first amendment say congress shall make no laws prohibiting or establishing religion. The framers should have said the same thing for judges. Its the corrupt ACLU judges who are legislating hate against all things christian. The first amendment say congress shall make no laws prohibiting or establishing religion. The framers should have said the same thing for judges. Its the corrupt ACLU judges who are legislating hate against all things christian.

]]> By: Phillip J. Birmingham http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/comment-page-1/#comment-2958 Phillip J. Birmingham Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:45:46 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/#comment-2958 Yeah, that is ridiculous, but I don't expect it to stand. I agree with Rafique Tucker; this cause belongs to every self-respecting civil libertarian. Yeah, that is ridiculous, but I don’t expect it to stand.

I agree with Rafique Tucker; this cause belongs to every self-respecting civil libertarian.

]]> By: Rafique Tucker http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Rafique Tucker Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:29:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/10/23/when-state-and-church-dont-get-along/#comment-2952 This smells like straight-up censorship to me. What authority does the school have to tell kids they can't even mention Jesus, under their own volition? Even the most hardened civil libertarians will have to oppose this foolishness, in fact, every self-respecting civil libertarian (which I am one) ought to take up young Antonio Peck's cause. This smells like straight-up censorship to me. What authority does the school have to tell kids they can’t even mention Jesus, under their own volition? Even the most hardened civil libertarians will have to oppose this foolishness, in fact, every self-respecting civil libertarian (which I am one) ought to take up young Antonio Peck’s cause.

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