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rug

(82,333 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 08:33 PM Oct 2014

Atheist returns to religion, apologizes to Greencastle-Antrim School Board

One of the men who forced Greencastle-Antrim School District to stop school board-led recitations of The Lord’s Prayer two years ago came back to apologize during last week’s regular meeting.



Ernest Perce told the school board he was sorry for his actions two years ago. He and another atheist, Carl Silverman, caused several school districts to drop public prayer. The two have since parted ways, and Perce said of his former ally, "He hates me."

By PAT FRIDGEN, Echo Pilot
Posted Oct. 9, 2014 @ 11:40 am

One of the men who forced Greencastle-Antrim School District to stop school board-led recitations of The Lord’s Prayer two years ago came back to apologize during last week’s regular meeting.

Ernest Perce V, Harrisburg, had asked Supt. Greg Hoover for permission to speak at the Oct. 2 meeting. He arrived with his two sons and a friend, and when given the floor, explained his dramatic change of heart.

Wearing a white clergy collar against a black shirt, he said he was now a traveling preacher.

“Every day I kick myself at what I did,” Perce told the board members and public in attendance. “Forgive me.”

http://www.echo-pilot.com/article/20141009/NEWS/141009852/10057/NEWS

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Atheist returns to religion, apologizes to Greencastle-Antrim School Board (Original Post) rug Oct 2014 OP
And? phil89 Oct 2014 #1
He should have quit while he was ahead. rug Oct 2014 #2
I look at it this way. Most people won't apologize when they've done something wrong. Leontius Oct 2014 #3
That's right. His politics seem to fluctuate with his religious opinions. rug Oct 2014 #4
He didn't force them to. The court did. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #5
Yeah, there's a diagnosis there, but it would cbayer Oct 2014 #6
 

rug

(82,333 posts)
2. He should have quit while he was ahead.
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 08:43 PM
Oct 2014

Separation of church and state is not a corollary of atheism. He should have realized that.

 

Leontius

(2,270 posts)
3. I look at it this way. Most people won't apologize when they've done something wrong.
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 08:51 PM
Oct 2014

But this guy's apologizing even though he didn't do anything wrong.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
5. He didn't force them to. The court did.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 10:40 AM
Oct 2014

Because the complaint was valid and just.

How he feels about it is not relevant. He has nothing to apologize for.

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