An American talking about American jurisdiction and it not being relevant anywhere else in the world?
Correct. The fact that this country sticks its nose in every butt-crack it sees doesn’t mean what we do is right.
Yes, it's called public school. You let everyone share their views thru social interaction without hanging pics on the wall which favor one view over the other!
Public schools are not the place to teach religion. Had I been atheist, well, who in the hell should have the right to teach my kids about God if I try to teach them there is no God at all? A teacher is to TEACH & NOT to instill religious values.
JB Lions must be feeling like a peacock, now that he's been nominated by the liberal NamePros crowd to be the next Prez. Tough luck Hillary, you were outright favorite, but now there's a new kid on the block.
God help us all!
JB Lions says:
"I guarantee you, put Muhammed up there, those Christians would lose it"
If someone put Muhammed there they (the Muslims) would burn the school down
Anyway I've had enough of arguing with the brainwashed libs
He’s referring to me, thinking I’m a Lib. Hell no! I can’t STAND Democrats. I was raised Republican but eh, they’re so insane these days, I dunno how anyone could follow them. I’m Independent.
But he’s making my point, even though he doesn’t think that he is: This world is full of differing religions. You, GILSAN, just contradicted your Holier-than-thou self: You said that had this been a painting of Mohammad, Muslims would have burned it down. This is the exact same thing here, aside of course that it’s not violent (it’s non-followers showing angst over the painting). I said it should be taken down for the same reasons a Mohammad painting should be: it would be offensive.
Come on, ppl--stop being so naïve. If a kid went to school with a shirt that said “I hate *****rs and faggots,” are you saying the shirt should be ruled okay under 1st Amendment rights & that it wouldn’t have any implications on ppl and would in no realistic way be offensive to anyone? This painting is offensive to non-Christians. Why not just take it down? As-is, the painting is causing a “disruption in the educational system” but because Christianity is what America was founded on, the Government (or in this case, the school board) wants to steal an advantage -- as they had.
Agreed. Virtually anything that happens in the US has implications all over.
This painting being hung in an American public school has no implications outside of the US. Sorry.
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No one wants to take away anyone else's religion, but public schools aren't the place to teach "good religious values"--that job belongs at home and at church.
Yes, I have heard that some non-Catholics send their children to Catholic schools, but they will be taught Catholic values. I would expect that. I'm sure that those parents have made a deal with their own beliefs in exchange for a better quality of education for their kids.
But being taught "Christian values" in public school is not okay.
And posting a picture of Jesus sends an implicit message that this school promotes Christian beliefs. It doesn't matter if the picture has been posted for 65 years or 65 days--it's still an affront to those who hold other beliefs. And separation of Church and State is a constitutional guarantee (in the U.S.); we escaped the Brits because of religious intolerance (mostly forcing citizens to join the Church of England).
I have no problem with schools teaching about different religions, for example, "The Bible as Literature," but if the conversation slips into talk like, "The One and Only True Church" or other such nonsense, then I have a problem.
There are options for those who want religious values taught in school: private schools and homeschooling.
I, for one, am not interested in paying taxes for schools that push dogma at kids.
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Agreed. Those who actually DO want it are the braindead Christians who believe their goal in life is to turn everyone into Christians. Good luck with your losing battle, ppl. I’m Christian because I WANT TO BE, not because a school wanted me to me. This painting doesn’t belong in a public school. A church, yes, but not a public school.
Here's an example of the University of Dayton, a Roman Catholic university receiving more and more Muslim students:
One of them said:
“Here, people are more religious, even if they’re not Muslim, and I am comfortable with that,”
Another said:
“I like the fact that there’s faith, even if it’s not my faith, and I feel my faith is respected,”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/e...atholic-colleges-in-growing-numbers.html?_r=0
Another article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/19/AR2010121904199.html
If Public Schools were to follow these example they would be much better.
Taking the belief of a news article. How lovely. (I live in Jackson so I know how ppl here feel personally. We all talk about it -- and I’ve read from NO ONE who wanted the painting to stay except from news articles that use favoritism to get their point across.