tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post5505758234871543581..comments2024-03-27T02:15:30.590-07:00Comments on AS IT STANDS: Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 yearsImBlogCrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114155503257613636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-25346673761874810212012-01-27T12:27:09.597-08:002012-01-27T12:27:09.597-08:00Thanks for your well-thought input on this subject...Thanks for your well-thought input on this subject Anonymous.<br /><br />You made a valid point.<br /><br />I just wonder why, after three years of attending the school, she wasn't even aware of that little sign on the wall? She certainly never protested to the school about it until just now.<br /><br />(I ask this question after reading the entire article and her FaceBook page)<br /><br />Do you think she was suffering and really felt oppressed by a sign made by a 7th grader nearly a half century ago?<br />Was anyone making her read the sign?<br />Was the sign ever read out loud during school activities?<br />The answer to the last two questions is NO.<br />No one even asked her to read it. How then can such a simple message be so offensive?<br /><br />I admit to playing the Devil's advocate here as I don't believe in organized religion myself.<br /><br />My observations are just that. <br />My opinion (for what it's worth) is you have a young lady who suddenly got real popular when she forced the school board to do something. Please check out her FaceBook Page to see why I say this.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for stopping by!ImBlogCrazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114155503257613636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-68324702243606135932012-01-27T12:04:07.071-08:002012-01-27T12:04:07.071-08:00Is it fair for the principal/school board/whoever ...Is it fair for the principal/school board/whoever to impose their views on everybody else? Sticking a prayer on the wall of a presumably public high school does not seem to advance the educational goals of that institution. The "tyranny of the minority" argument may sound seductive at first read--after all, it's just a harmless prayer, right?--but we have a rich history of the majority imposing its will on the minority: racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, and the like. Just because this young lady holds a belief that may not reflect the mainstream in her community does not make her concerns any less valid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com