-Caveat Lector- How would this student feel about a student standing up and criticizing Catholicism, the catholic agenda, and a religious curriculum?
on 7/13/02 7:45 AM, Tenorlove at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > What really galls me about this whole thing is that the school spent a > whole week on this PC cr*p when they could have much better spent the > time on things like reading, writing, match, science, geography -- you > know, those hopelessly outdated ACADEMIC subjects. The kids got the > shaft. > > Tenorlove > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28258 > > WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! > > Catholic student sues school district > Says officials violated rights by muzzling criticism of homosexuality > Posted: July 12, 2002 > 1:00 a.m. Eastern > > By Jon Dougherty > A Michigan-based Christian law center has filed suit in U.S. district > court > against the Ann Arbor Public School District on behalf of a Catholic > student > who claims she was prevented by school officials from expressing > criticism of > homosexual curricula. Lawyers with the Thomas More Law Center say > Betsy > Hansen, 18, who graduated in June from Pioneer High School in Ann > Arbor with > "the highest honors," was prohibited by school officials from giving > a speech > disparaging homosexual behavior. In March, the school sponsored an > event > called "2002 Diversity Week," the center said, which featured various > events > including oratory at a school assembly. Also featured throughout the > week > were panel discussions on a range of issues including race, religion, > and one > topic entitled, "Homosexuality and Religion." In her suit, Hansen > claims > school officials forced her to submit her speech for review, then > removed > "all references critical of homosexual activity," said Robert Muise, > a > spokesman for the center. During the weeklong event, Muise continued, > > "certain school officials also jointly agreed to prevent Betsy from > expressing her Roman Catholic view on homosexuality at the > 'Homosexuality and > Religion' panel." He said school officials claimed that Hansen's view > toward > homosexuality was "a 'negative' message and would 'water down' the > 'positive' > religious message that they wanted to convey" ??" namely, "that > homosexual > behavior and religion are compatible, and that homosexual behavior is > not > immoral or sinful." The suit alleges that the school violated > Hansen's > constitutional rights to freedom of speech, free expression of > religion and > equal protection under the law, Muise said. Also, he said, the school > > allegedly violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment > "by > impermissibly promoting and endorsing the religious belief that > homosexual > activity is compatible with religion. ???" Muise said the lawsuit was > filed > Wednesday in U.S. district court for the Eastern District of > Michigan. > "[Betsy] is a super good kid," he told WorldNetDaily. "She is no > slouch. She > got a full scholarship to the University of Florida. She's not the > type of > kid who bucks authority." He said Betsy's mother, Connie Hansen, is > also > suing under her rights as a parent because she has two other children > ??" a > daughter and a son ??" who will be attending Pioneer High School next > year as a > freshman and junior, respectively. "The facts alleged in the > complaint > clearly show that school officials ??? are hostile to Betsy's Roman > Catholic > belief that homosexual activity is immoral and sinful," said Richard > Thompson, chief counsel at the center. "In their zeal to promote the > homosexual agenda during this so-called 'Diversity Week,' school > officials > gave a powerful lesson of intolerance and bigotry toward traditional > Christian beliefs. "This is nothing short of hypocrisy," Thompson > added. > "Parents of Pioneer High School students need to know what is being > disguised > as education in the Ann Arbor Public School system." Ann Arbor school > > officials referred inquiries regarding the case to the district's > lawyer, > Robert Boonin, who said he wasn't familiar with the specific > allegations made > in the suit because school officials had not yet been served. Boonin > said he > was "generally familiar with Ms. Hansen's desire to be a part of [a] > panel > discussion, but for a number of reasons I'm aware that the school > district > did not include her on the panel." He said one reason was because > Hansen had > requested that school officials change the date of the debate. "I > believe Ms. > Hansen indicated an interest in participating after that deadline," > Boonin > said. "Even given that, the district did consider her request but > [the > school] decided it was not appropriate to change the composition of > the panel > or the topic the panel was discussing," he said. "There were other > panels > going on, and she had access to them. She wished to basically change > the > lesson plan," but officials decided "the lesson plan should go > forward." > Muise said regardless of the assortment of issues or number of > panels, the > subject of homosexuality was still inappropriate for the school > setting. "At > the end of the day, this should make people stop for a minute and > ask, 'Why > is this stuff even in the public schools?'" he said. "They should be > teaching > our kids reading, writing and arithmetic." > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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