Indiana student sues over school graduation prayer

What's the read world? I'm guessing you weren't a valedictorian.

 

I have to admit the valedictorians at my school were decently "cool." They weren't homecoming king or queen, but they weren't total nerds, either. The valedictorian of my graduating class is now a speech pathologist, and the one that graduated the year after I did is about to complete a dual Ph.D/MD with plans to be a neurosurgeon. She was also a cheerleader. The guy that graduated second in my class was a football player and is now the director of intramural sports at the University of Tennessee.

 

Which is why the Texas textbook folks just managed to get ol' TJeff booted from the world government standard:

Cynthia Dunbar, a lawyer from Richmond who is a strict constitutionalist and thinks the nation was founded on Christian beliefs, managed to cut Thomas Jefferson from a list of figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century, replacing him with St. Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and William Blackstone. (Jefferson is not well liked among conservatives on the board because he coined the term “separation between church and state.”)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html

 

Oh, you found a typo. Sue me.

As usual, your anti-intellectualism is funny. Now run along and go beat somebody up.

 

If I was really anti-intellectual, you'd be my best friend.

 

Wow. How did she manage to do all that with her nose so buried in her books that she never experienced the real world?

 

Sorry dude, no time for a pissing match today. Have a nice day.

 

After wading through much of this thread, I'd like to say I applaud this kid. Whatever his motivation, I think he's on solid ground regarding his rights and the law.

Read the article posted at the beginning. A source is quoted saying the lawsuit was prompted by the young man's knowledge of the constitution.

I will be interested to see what happens as this crawls through the court system (probably too slowly to provide a final ruling before graduation).

 

No one's being "forced." No one has to participate, nor do they even have to listen. They're perfectly free to put ear buds in and blast their iPod during the prayer.

 

Actually, it's a talking point out of Commonsenseville. You should visit it some time.

 

The great thing about the arguments being proffered against the kid is that the SCOTUS has already heard and rejected them. There is case law clearly rejecting the "HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LISTEN! HE CAN JUST SKIP GRADUATION!" line of thought.

 

All the students who don't like Allah should wear their iPod headphones when the prayer to Mecca begins!