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Post by ♫anna♫ on Nov 17, 2009 13:39:44 GMT
www.wsmv.com/news/21631723/detail.html QUOTE: November 17, 2009 Video •Students Accuse Schools Of Promoting Religion Students Sue School District Over Religion 3 Cheatham County Schools Accused Of Promoting Religion Reported By Demetria Kalodimos ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. -- The Cheatham County School System has been hit with a lawsuit for promoting religion in the classroom and on the sports field. The families of two current and two former students said it's been a pattern for as long as eight years. They said Bibles have been distributed, there's a cross hanging on a classroom wall and teachers endorse prayer at band and choir practice, graduation and sporting events. When Channel 4 visited Sycamore High School eight months ago, it was all about high-speed chess, not the high court. Now this school, along with Sycamore and Cheatham middle schools, is accused of violating the constitution by promoting religion. "I've always said the least desirable way to settle something is a fistfight; the next undesirable way is a lawsuit," said George Barrett, ACLU's attorney. The ACLU said the suit it filed on behalf of former and current students came about as a last resort after six months of negotiations failed to stop apparently longstanding policies. The suit claims since 2001, Gideon Bibles have been distributed in classrooms. It says teachers have endorsed prayer before football games, in band and choir gatherings, at sporting events and at graduation. There's a large cross hanging on the wall in a high school classroom, and, until recently, teachers posted Bible passages and religious messages on their school Web site profiles. "There's just a lot of confusion," said Hedy Weinberg of the ACLU. The ACLU said Bible distribution has happened in a number of schools in Tennessee, not just Cheatham County, and that it's typically in the fifth grade. The group said in any form, it should not happen in a public school. Judge Robert Echols will hold the first hearing on the case Dec. 28.
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Post by june on Nov 24, 2009 19:38:28 GMT
Religion is everywhere.
But this doesn't seem forced, so I can't see a problem.
Just silly behaviour.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 20:58:42 GMT
So what's next? Are hotels to be banned from putting Gideon's bibles in bedroom lockers?
Come to think of it, I haven't seen them recently, so perhaps hotels are refusing them.
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Post by june on Nov 24, 2009 21:40:29 GMT
I see them in most UK major city hotels (not that I spend my time in hotels searching for religious text)
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