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Apparently, Pastor Tipton was debating whether or not to preach this day, which is kinda his job. So when his wobbly son approached the stage, daddy gave him the mic.
A teacher who complained about one of her students – without using the kid’s name – has been suspended from her job in North Carolina.
So forget what I said about teachers being real people with real lives, OK? TV station WRAL reports Melissa Hussain made the major mistake of teaching her kids about evolution – prompting a kid to drop a Bible on her desk, along with a Christmas card with the word “Christ” underlined.
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I’ve always felt that the number one job of a parent, especially in the first dozen years or so of their lives, is to keep the kids alive. We don’t let them play in the middle of the street, we make sure they wear helmets, and we don’t let them eat laundry detergent (much). We teach them to blow on their soup, how to climb a tree safely, and perhaps even how to defend themselves if necessary. Everything we do is part and parcel of taking care of our kids and keeping them safe and secure and parents — good parents, anyway — take that charge very seriously. So why would any parent sit by and watch their child die?
These days, it seems, every where you turn, someone’s either trying to foist their religious beliefs on you or take yours away. Christians want to put up Christmas trees in city parks and buildings but don’t want to allow Jews, Wiccans, or Seinfeld fans to put up a menorah, Yule log, or Festivus pole. And the Atheists would rather not see any of it. Of course, it is important that the government not endorse one religion over the other and one place that the separation of church and state is critical is in the school system. But what about the separation of church and student?
How would you feel if you knew the person sitting next to you in church was a sex offender?
Me, I’d be pretty nervous. And I’m not the only one. Some churches are banning sex offenders from the weekly service, because they offer things like a nursery for children or Sunday school. That puts offenders inc conflict with several states’ laws that require sex offenders to stay a certain distance away from any facility that cares for or serves children. Continue reading »
I have to apologize; I must admit that I did not watch the full video posted with this story. I did not because I could not. It’s not that I can’t handle violence or that I’m overly squeamish (though I’ll admit that I more than dislike needles and dentists). It’s that I can’t handle watching children being tortured without destroying my monitor in a futile attempt to climb through the screen and put a stop to it.
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A Michigan school district has caught the eye of the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion after they changed the name of their December vacation from “winter break” to “Christmas break,” reports the Petoskey News Review.
The group, which according to the Petoskey News Review is the largest association of atheists and agnostics in the country, took issue with the Petoskey Public School Board taking the apparent backwards step of changing the name from the more inclusive “winter break” to the less politically correct “Christmas break.”
The move may have gone unnoticed if it hadn’t been for board member Jack Waldvogel’s controversial and somewhat bullying email to his fellow board members.
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