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Adsos Letter

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31. "I have mixed feelings about bodies that have taken the route of diversity."

Reply to cbayer (Reply #25)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 01:21 AM

Feb 2013

I agree with you on this. To my mind it still opens up avenues of abuse. Which groups get called upon, and which don't? Why should anyone have to sit through any invocation of any kind?

Moment of silence is as far as I would like to see it go.

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Cities, school boards bow to Freedom From Religion on prayers [View all] cbayer Feb 2013 OP

This is good news - from a believer in God, and a believer in separation of church & state. northoftheborder Feb 2013 #1

Agree. I think they are having a positive impact. cbayer Feb 2013 #2

Having lived in a community where my religion was the minority in almost a theocracy... CreekDog Feb 2013 #19

I agree with you. To be clear, I don't think there should be any prayers cbayer Feb 2013 #20

And from a Christian, and a believer in Church/State separation Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #32

Sooner or later, a board will take this to the courts -- and just may win the right to have JDPriestly Feb 2013 #3

The supreme court has already ruled on this. cbayer Feb 2013 #5

I agree. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #33

They would lose. The U.S. Constitution is very JimDandy Feb 2013 #7

Thank reality for the Freedom From Religion Foundation. JimDandy Feb 2013 #4

Yes, and there are other organizations dedicated to this effort. northoftheborder Feb 2013 #6

I and surely millions of other Americans JimDandy Feb 2013 #8

Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor longship Feb 2013 #9

I think their organization is maturing in a very good way. cbayer Feb 2013 #10

AFAIK, that's the way they've always done it. longship Feb 2013 #11

The initial letters apparently have come from them. cbayer Feb 2013 #12

Well, either way, it's good. longship Feb 2013 #13

We were invited to "invoke" a commission meeting quaker bill Feb 2013 #14

Well, at least they asked. cbayer Feb 2013 #16

We went and invoked peace and harmony, or something of the sort. quaker bill Feb 2013 #24

Sounds good to me. Don't see how peace and harmony could lead to any objections. cbayer Feb 2013 #25

We got invited in because of the silent peace vigil quaker bill Feb 2013 #28

Agree that it is generally pointless. cbayer Feb 2013 #29

"I have mixed feelings about bodies that have taken the route of diversity." Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #31

If memory serves me Tagish_Charlie Feb 2013 #15

Matthew 6:6 cbayer Feb 2013 #17

This was dealt with many years ago when I was in elementary school in the early sixties. freshwest Feb 2013 #18

Great sermon, freshwest! cbayer Feb 2013 #21

Hi! I'm sure, too, that you weren't brought up to fear, condemn or shun non-believers. Because... freshwest Feb 2013 #22

The message in my family was that people had different belief or non-belief systems and cbayer Feb 2013 #23

+1 to all of that. Same here, although no ministers in the family. freshwest Feb 2013 #26

Well, except when it isn't the message in your family. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #27

Am confused by your post. Did your school day start with a prayer? MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #30