Friday, April 08, 2005
Prayer: Immoral and Un-American?
Ask the ACLU:
Note:
Religion is equated with segregationists and the evil of Jim Crow laws.
The desire for prayer is called un-American (although this denies the history of the country).
Worst of all, it's called immoral.
Think about it. Sounds like a clear declaration of war against the believing people in Louisiana to me.
NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU has filed a motion for criminal contempt today against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for defying an agreed on court order banning official prayer at athletic events. An individual identified as Shane Tycer delivered a pre-game prayer over the PA system on March 24 at a baseball game between Loranger High School and Sumner High School. This marks the second contempt motion filed against the school board within the past two weeks for transgressions of injunctions related to the original lawsuit.
“The defendant school board and its superintendent cannot get away with a shell game that mocks the judiciary and its role of interpreting and upholding the rule of law,” remarked Joe Cook, Executive Director, ACLU of Louisiana. “The actors in this matter deserve jail and/or fines for their calculated un-American and immoral conduct to embarrass, hinder or obstruct the court in the administration of justice. Such behavior mimics segregationists who defied the federal courts rather than integrate the schools in Louisiana and elsewhere.”
Note:
Religion is equated with segregationists and the evil of Jim Crow laws.
The desire for prayer is called un-American (although this denies the history of the country).
Worst of all, it's called immoral.
Think about it. Sounds like a clear declaration of war against the believing people in Louisiana to me.
