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ACLU Wants Prayer Banner Removed
The fate of a high school banner deemed “unconstitutional” by the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union may be in the hands of local school officials.
The banner, according to the Providence Journal, invoked “Our Heavenly Father” to help students at Cranston High School West conduct themselves appropriately.
Well, that drew the ire of an unnamed parent who filed a complaint with the ACLU.
Steven Brown, the executive director of the state ACLU, penned a letter to the school superintendent, calling the banner illegal and requested that it be removed from Cranston High School West and any other school that might have a prayer posted on public property.
“I understand that this prayer may have been posted in the auditorium for a long time,” Brown wrote. “However, the crucial protections of the Bill of Rights have been around even longer.”
He said the unnamed parent was “extremely concerned and troubled upon observing the display of a prayer on the wall of the auditorium.”
Brown asked the local school committee to be sensitive to the “divisiveness of government-sponsored displays promoting religion.”
The school committee is set to discuss the fate of the banner on Tuesday – behind closed doors.
Todd Starnes is a FOX News Radio reporter and best-selling author.
To all of you NONE CHRISTIAN A– Hol IF you dont like whats going on in your comunity LEAVE OR GETOUT=========.as far as the ACLU its nothing but a ANTI-AMERICAN IDOTS….
First, nice language for someone who is supposedly defending Christianity. God must be very proud of you. Second, you definitely need to learn to spell.
I would have to agree that using even the spelling, the words are still there.
NASB:
Ephesians 5:4 and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
or the NIV
Ephesians 5:4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
So Ron if you claim Christianity please read and apply the entire Bible, not your thoughts about what Christian is. You make the rest of the Christians look bad
Dean:
The real meat to this story is the ACLU and what it is doing to America.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left. (NIV)
Although Ron did not parse his words well, I understand his ire. Why a Christian would defend the Den of Vipers known as the ACLU and its ilk is beyond me. Of course there are the godless who learn enough verse in an attempt to beat down those who are not prepared to defend their faith.
Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.'
If you lie down with pigs… God knows our hearts.
What a lovely Christian response.
Now everything makes sense. I always wondered why Cranston produced more sociopaths, serial killers, axe murderers, and child molesters than any other RI town. It was the banner. How did we miss it through all these years? Thank you ACLU. Cranston is now a much better place to live.
I'd like to see a poll of students..how many of them know what it says or have ever even noticed it ?
It's great to see people standing up to express opposition to ACLU and any others who profit from controversy like the NAACP, Black Panthers and others that good people will marginalize. Thanks to all who get involved to stand up for America.
The ACLU is just another tool in the new world order plan to carry us down the path to a Godless, socialist, and eventually a communist nation. The whole bunch should be tried for treason. Take God out of our society and the devil moves in,and they wonder why we have so much vilonce in this nation.
Your anti-Christian "Progressive" and destructive agenda is obvious. Your comments are bogus and hold no water. Cranston's crime rate is way below national average. < ;http://cranston.areaconnect.com/crime1.htm>
We are onto the ACLU. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) < ;www.ACLJ.org>
The ACLU has not earned the right to call themselves Americans.