Pagans, atheists, Christians do battle

[SecularMotion]

Religious freedom is hugely popular in America — until, of course, it’s applied to unpopular groups.

Consider North Windy Ridge Intermediate School in Buncombe County, N.C. In December, school officials arranged for students to come by the office during break to pick up Bibles donated by the Gideons.

In the view of many people in the community (especially those of the majority faith), outside groups like the Gideons should have a religious-liberty right to distribute Bibles in public schools.

But then Ginger Strivelli, a parent with a child in the school, brought pagan spell books for the school to make available in the same way — and, poof, the distribution policy disappeared.

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2012/01/16/pagans-atheists-christians-do-battle/

[MarkCharles]

1. This is the kind of "evidence" I just mentioned in...

another thread about separation of church and state, and religious freedom in America.

[Thats my opinion]

2. Clearly a Constitutional violation

Where is the ACLU?

[Goblinmonger]

5. Sadly

as long as their new policy is that nobody can distribute, then they are OK.

[skepticscott]

7. The ACLU and Americans United

are busy fighting numerous other battles of the same type against that tiny "fringe minority" of fundamentalist Christians trying to use the government to ram their beliefs down everyone else's throat.

[cleanhippie]

3. Well, you are forgetting that IOKIYAC.

Its ok if you're a christian.

[dmallind]

4. It's always the same story

It's religious freedom when Christians do it (and in lucky ever-so-tolerant areas maybe they'll let in those jooz from time to time). It's abhorrent propaganda and instantly banned - or violently removed - when anybody else does exactly the same.

You can guarantee diamonds to belly-button lint that every time you find a school that bans religious groups or activities (most have a Bible study or prayer group) it's because some undesirable (aka non-Xian) group wanted the same rights as Christians and the lawyers told them they had to ban or allow all groups. Guess which is the default if atheists or Pagans try?

[yellowcanine]

6. We should demand the right to distribute the Holy Tome of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

which contains his many commandments, divine sayings and pronouncements, as well as a record of the miracles performed with the touch of his noodly appendage.

[onager]

8. I thought that headline referred to this group...

n/t

[SecularMotion]

9. Pagan mom live-tweets Buncombe Board of Ed debate on religious activities in schools

Angela Pippinger, self-described “pagan and clergy-in training,” is live-tweeting tonight, Feb. 2, from the Buncombe County Board of Education’s meeting about county schools’ religion policy. You can follow her tweets here.

http://www.mountainx.com/article/40047/Pagan-mom-live-tweets-Buncombe-Board-of-Ed-debate-on-religious-activities-in-schools

[rug]

10. 10 bucks at 3 to 2 on the pagans.