The religious discussion thread

[Archangel]

This thread was created to bring a local new story to light, which can be viewed below:

JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65 years, denying a federal lawsuit's claim the portrait's display unconstitutionally promotes religion in a public school.

The Jackson City Schools board offered a constitutional justification of its own in voting 4-0 to keep the portrait up in its middle school, saying it must protect students' free speech rights. The vote drew cheers and applause from the dozens of people gathered in the elementary school gymnasium.

Read all of it here: http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-school-b...xzBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQR0ZXN0A1Rlc3RfQUZD;_ylv=3

I posted his here @ NP to see what ppl had to say on the issue. As it turns out, this sparked many debates. I've considered closing this thread but after multiple suggestions, I decided to keep it open. Feel free to join in the topics but per forum rules, please refrain from obscene, threatening, rude, or insulting posts.

 

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[xsx]

school boards are notoriously corrupt and you guessed it, bunch of HR-like politically correct folks and its not surprising in the slightest.

I would lean on keeping it. at some point it just becomes culturally sentimental for the school and the culture surrounding it considering the deeply rooted christian history of united states.

the atmosphere indeed changed a lot over the decades and it leads me to think that the change of local demographics and the religious diversity that comes with it as well as the fading local sentiment toward the established culture has crossed a threshold where it was deemed for active removal.

the secular need of a public institution is definitely understandable and most often times ideal too, but that article did leave me conflicted.

I just don't believe in the slightest on that "free speech" reasoning, they clearly want to protect free speech when it benefits them and criticize it when it benefits them, it is surprisingly easy to see through their hypocrisy.

I don't have strong feelings towards it but it does make one think why exactly.

 

[Brother Bob]

 

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[Lyrique887]

Thanks for sharing this; it’s a nuanced case that touches on free speech, historical displays, and church-state boundaries. I’ll be interested to see how the discussion and any appeal develop.

 

[Brother Bob]