ACLU v America, again

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ACLU silencing praying coaches
Charlie Butts
11/13/2008

Are public school coaches permitted to pray silently alongside their players? The Rutherford Institute is taking this question to the U.S. Supreme Court for a decision.

 

Coach Marcus Borden ran into trouble with a new policy at East Brunswick High School in New Jersey, which stated that coaches cannot recognize prayers initiated by their players because coaches are public employees and their participation would violate "separation of church and state." Borden told WorldNetDaily that he simply wants to bow his head during the prayer out of respect for his students and his team.
 
John Whitehead of The Rutherford Institute says the school's policy would nullify a tradition that has been part of the high school's pre-game routine for the last 25 years.
 
"But in our case, all Coach Borden wanted to do was to bow his head silently as the students prayed in the locker room -- sometimes what they call 'take an eagle.' They'd go down on one knee, and he's standing outside behind the circle of players," he explains. "He's not influencing them. He's just listening and really just doing what coaches have done -- since Knute Rockne, by the way."
 
The Institute won on a lower level, but the ACLU convinced the school district to appeal. "It's a very important case. We've had a lot of people file briefs on our behalf," Whitehead adds. "I think the Supreme Court's going to hear this case. It's going to really set the tone for what can be done in public schools."
 
Whitehead believes this policy, if it stands, will strip high school teachers and coaches across the nation of their First Amendment and academic rights.

ACLU silencing praying coaches

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Disabled Children Lose Fight Against ACLU

by Stop The ACLU

I’ve got good news and bad news tonight regarding the ACLU. I’ll start you off with the bad news and then give you the good news. The bad news is that the ACLU won one, and disabled children lost in the process.

    The American Civil Liberties Union won its fight against disabled children Wednesday when the Arizona Supreme Court struck down a state program that allowed special needs kids to use vouchers at private schools so that they could receive the best educational opportunities. ADF attorneys joined attorneys from the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last year in submitting a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a Christian school in defense of the voucher program, which was upheld by the Arizona Court of Appeals.

    “The ACLU, People for the American Way, and the teachers’ unions have denied disabled children the educational opportunities they deserve. They are the ones hurt by this,” said ADF Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. “Special needs students who attend Christian schools shouldn’t be penalized for their beliefs.”

    “Any tuition that goes to a religious school is through the choice of the parent and for the benefit of the child. It is not ‘state support’ of that school,” explained Orrick attorney Raymond Mullady, who co-wrote the friend-of-the-court brief. “We truly disagree with the high court’s decision and are saddened by its consequences for Arizona’s special needs children.”

    John and Dina Phipps and Brendan and Susan Fay, founders of Father’s Heart Christian School for the disabled, removed their developmentally and physically challenged children from the Arizona public school system because of the inadequate education they received there. Two of the children suffer from autism and the other from learning and physical challenges.

    Upon receiving the customized instruction they needed at Father’s Heart, their behavior and participation improved remarkably and their academic performance rose several grade levels in just one year after leaving the government school system. The children receive vouchers through the Arizona Scholarships for Pupils with Disabilities program to attend Father’s Heart, but Wednesday’s decision from the Arizona Supreme Court effectively kills the program.

    Cave Creek Unified School District board member Virgel Cain, the ACLU, People for the American Way, a number of teachers’ unions, and others filed suit against Arizona State Superintendant of Public Instruction Tom Horne to challenge the constitutionality of the voucher program.

Meanwhile your tax money is paying to install footbaths for Muslims in a public school somewhere and the ACLU remain silent. Somewhere CAIR is teaching school children about Islam, and the ACLU remains silent. However, they won’t sit idly by and allow autistic children to receive a better education. Absolutely not if it involves attending a Christian school. They should be ashamed, but they are probably quite proud of themselves.

[nChrist]

Hello Pastor Roger,

YES, I am very sad about this, and everybody should be sad about this - even people who aren't Christians.

All of us are probably aware of Christian services near us that can't be duplicated by the government. The government can't even come close! WHY? - Most of the Christian services involve many volunteers, community support, and MAINLY LOVE! The government can't compete in cost or quality, and the government most obviously is OUT-CLASSED COMPLETELY in the essential area of LOVE.

Smart government would support these Christian services and ADMIT that government can't compete and can't afford to provide the SUPERIOR SERVICES. There is an OBVIOUS REASON why the most outstanding educational institutions in history were established by Christians and run by Christians. Just take a look in history for absolute PROOF! To start off, take a look at the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton schools of DIVINITY, THEOLOGY, OR WITH A SUFFIX OF SEMINARY! ALL OF THE BEST WERE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOR MANY YEARS! This is another part of history that some are desperate to HIDE!

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ACLU accidentally tells the truth

Posted by Greg Scott at Stop The ACLU

And they say we’re making it up. Oops!

“We want the Constitution and the rule of law to mean what we say it means, and I think that’s critically important to our society going forward.”

-ACLU of Eastern Missouri “Racial Justice” Associate Redditt Hudson.

http://www.kmox.com/ACLU-Seeks-Federal-Probe-of-St--Louis-City-Jails/4077581

And the new "Caught-Redhanded Award" comes skating in:

[nChrist]

               ROFL!

That's a great quote. THANKS!