Re: Teenagers &The Spirit of Liberty

[Steven Jamar]

Yes!  Let us not show regard and concern for those who do not think of Jesus as their savior or those who do not want church in their schools or those who think differently!  Let freedom ring for the majority of right believers!  Let us demonize and marginalize those who believe something else!  Let us not respect the law or the Constitution or the value of the legal processes!  Let us all come together as one!  Under Jesus! Say AMEN somebody! Seriously, though, I don't mind students doing this sort of thing.  I do  mind the motive being to disobey the courts and to disregard the values of a non-like-minded classmate.  But religion is only one of many ways in which students ostracize others, and usually not the most common or damaging one. Steve On May 23, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Rick Duncan wrote: Link (See also link)   Excerpt from the second link):     High School Students Defy ACLU and Court May 20, 2006 01:43 PM EST   By Sher Zieve – Despite U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley’s ruling that no prayer was to be allowed at Kentucky’s Russell County High School commencement ceremonies, at least 200 students recited the Lord’s Prayer during the ceremony. The ACLU had argued to have prayer banned at graduation, due to a complaint from 1 student. Thunderous applause is said to have broken out towards the end of the prayer and senior Megan Chapman continued with her praise, when she said that her fellow students should trust God as they continue their lives after high school. Chapman commented "It [the prayer] made the whole senior class come together as one and I think that's the best way to go out", then added: "More glory went to God because of something like that than if I had just simply said a prayer like I was supposed to." Every year in May there are stories of liberty like these.   I love it when young men and women take a stand for free speech and religious liberty!    Rick Duncan Welpton Professor of Law University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE 68583-0902   "It's a funny thing about us human beings: not many of us doubt God's existence and then start sinning. Most of us sin and then start doubting His existence."  --J. Budziszewski (The Revenge of Conscience)   "Once again the ancient maxim is vindicated, that the perversion of the best is the worst." -- Id. Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private.  Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. --  Prof. Steven D. Jamar                               vox:  202-806-8017 Howard University School of Law                     fax:  202-806-8567 2900 Van Ness Street NW                   mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC  20008   http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/jamar/ "Politics hates a vacuum.  If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear." Naomi Klein

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