Federal Judge Prohibits Prayer at Texas Graduation Ceremony
I, personally, do think the judge went way too far here:
Students aren't government employees & should not be held to this. This isn't separation of church & state, it is trampling on the 1st Amendment. I have a feeling this is going to turn into a huge fiasco.
Quote:The Texas attorney general called the ruling unconstitutional and a blatant attack from those who do not believe in God -- “attempts by atheists and agnostics to use courts to eliminate from the public landscape any and all references to God whatsoever.”
“This is the challenge we are dealing with here,” he said. “(It’s) an ongoing attempt to purge God from the public setting while at the same time demanding from the courts an increased yielding to all things atheist and agnostic.”
I, personally, do think the judge went way too far here:
Quote:Should a student violate the order, school district officials could find themselves in legal trouble. Judge Biery ordered that his ruling be “enforced by incarceration or other sanctions for contempt of Court if not obeyed by District official (sic) and their agents.”
Students aren't government employees & should not be held to this. This isn't separation of church & state, it is trampling on the 1st Amendment. I have a feeling this is going to turn into a huge fiasco.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
