I'm Offened Again

The debate over school prayer has reared it’s ugly head in Arkansas this week - (Yahoo News) Two sixth grade graduations were cancelled in Riverside Unified School District after a parent protested against a prayer that was to be recited during the ceremony, according to the report.

The school received a letter from Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin nonprofit with a mission to educate the public "on matters relating to nontheism and to promote the constitutional principle of separation between church and state." Let me see if I have this correctly. A group in Wisconsin and one parent in Arkansas shut down two graduations because they don’t like prayer?

Freedom from Religion also recently shut down a Georgia school from saying prayers and playing any songs with religious references at graduation. Similar occurrences have and are happening around the country.

In Lake City, Arkansas, parents are trying to decide on a church that will host a private graduation ceremony for Christian students.

It is interesting that the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers is disappointed that Riverside school canceled its graduation . Anne Orsi, a Society member told Take Part, "We think that the students are the big losers in this astonishing display of religious selfishness on the part of the school"s administration. There is absolutely no reason the graduation ceremony cannot continue without forcing the attendees to submit to a public prayer." Tell me why the one couldn’t just stick their fingers in their ears and keep their mouth shut, so the ceremony would run smoothly as planned..

As cited in the story, could one person protest our accommodating Muslim food and prayers at Gitmo and get that stopped? No one seems to dare to protest against Muslim prayer in the streets or anywhere else. Could it be they know they will get their head cut off?

I want to go on record that I am offended and protest any and all meeting and ceremonies that do not include a Christian or Jewish prayer. What non-profit will support me?

The correct answer is - None!

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