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Students Ordered to Stop Praying Outside SCOTUS building

hypocritexposer

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Students Ordered to Stop Praying Outside Supreme Court Building

By Todd Starnes

Published July 15, 2010 | FoxNews.com

A group of Christian students was ordered to stop praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 5 because a court police officer told them it was against the law.

The students were part of a junior high school American History class at Wickenburg Christian Academy in Arizona. After taking pictures on the steps of the Supreme Court building, their teacher gathered them to a side location where they formed a circle and began to pray.

According to Nate Kellum, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, a police officer “abruptly” interrupted the prayer and ordered the group to cease and desist.

“They were told to stop praying because they were violating the law and they had to take their prayer elsewhere,” Kellum told FOX News Radio.

A spokesperson for the Court said the Marshal of the Court will look into the events alleged by the ADF.

“The Court does not have a policy prohibiting prayer,” said public information officer Kathy Arberg in an email to FOX News Radio.

So the group of 15 students and seven adults left the Supreme Court and relocated to a sidewalk – where Rigo said the children stood in a gutter – and continued their prayer.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/15/students-ordered-stop-praying-outside-supreme-court-building/
 

Liveoak

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I'm all for it...........as long as they allow the Christians to congregate then they should be forced to allow the Mormons to congregate and pray, the Muslims to congregate, and so on. As long as they allow freedom of religion at the front gate then they should allow them all. Or, exclude them all.
 
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Steve said:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

seems simple enough....

I don't think it matters if they were Christians praying or Hari Krishna's dancing-- most those public buildings have laws against any type of congregating or holding any type demonstration on them..

Old FOX just thought they could stir up the masses some more if they made it sound anti Christian.... :(
 

hypocritexposer

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Oldtimer said:
Steve said:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

seems simple enough....

I don't think it matters if they were Christians praying or Hari Krishna's dancing-- most those public buildings have laws against any type of congregating or holding any type demonstration on them..

Old FOX just thought they could stir up the masses some more if they made it sound anti Christian.... :(


“The Court does not have a policy prohibiting prayer,” said public information officer Kathy Arberg in an email to FOX News Radio.
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
Steve said:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

seems simple enough....

I don't think it matters if they were Christians praying or Hari Krishna's dancing-- most those public buildings have laws against any type of congregating or holding any type demonstration on them..

Old FOX just thought they could stir up the masses some more if they made it sound anti Christian.... :(

ok,.. it wasn't so simple.. ,, the Constitutions' "shall make no law".... seems to over-ride.. a public buildings law... at least in the United States of America.


what part of that is complicated?

even if it wasn't in the Constitution.. the "prohibiting the free exercise thereof".. would cover what the Christians were doing... and what the police officer was trying to prohibit...
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve said:
Oldtimer said:
Steve said:
seems simple enough....

I don't think it matters if they were Christians praying or Hari Krishna's dancing-- most those public buildings have laws against any type of congregating or holding any type demonstration on them..

Old FOX just thought they could stir up the masses some more if they made it sound anti Christian.... :(

ok,.. it wasn't so simple.. ,, the Constitutions' "shall make no law".... seems to over-ride.. a public buildings law... at least in the United States of America.


what part of that is complicated?

even if it wasn't in the Constitution.. the "prohibiting the free exercise thereof".. would cover what the Christians were doing... and what the police officer was trying to prohibit...

Steve, I wonder if it was okay to congregate, if only for the teacher to give a lesson on SCOTUS, but no to pray?

They were already congregated, it became a problem when they began to pray.

OT doesn't realize it, but the US is moving too far left for his own good.
 

Steve

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hypocritexposer said:
Steve said:
Oldtimer said:
I don't think it matters if they were Christians praying or Hari Krishna's dancing-- most those public buildings have laws against any type of congregating or holding any type demonstration on them..

Old FOX just thought they could stir up the masses some more if they made it sound anti Christian.... :(

ok,.. it wasn't so simple.. ,, the Constitutions' "shall make no law".... seems to over-ride.. a public buildings law... at least in the United States of America.


what part of that is complicated?

even if it wasn't in the Constitution.. the "prohibiting the free exercise thereof".. would cover what the Christians were doing... and what the police officer was trying to prohibit...

Steve, I wonder if it was okay to congregate, if only for the teacher to give a lesson on SCOTUS, but no to pray?

They were already congregated, it became a problem when they began to pray.

OT doesn't realize it, but the US is moving too far left for his own good.

our Constitution is clear and easy to understand.. to make such laws you first have to ignore the constitution, then rationalize why you did...

some could say the law was against demonstrations.. or to congregate, but they were clearly exercising their freedom to practice their religion..

clearly enough that they were stopped and told to leave ("prohibited")... so no matter what the law says at this point... it is wrong and unconstitutional..
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve said:
hypocritexposer said:
Steve said:
ok,.. it wasn't so simple.. ,, the Constitutions' "shall make no law".... seems to over-ride.. a public buildings law... at least in the United States of America.


what part of that is complicated?

even if it wasn't in the Constitution.. the "prohibiting the free exercise thereof".. would cover what the Christians were doing... and what the police officer was trying to prohibit...

Steve, I wonder if it was okay to congregate, if only for the teacher to give a lesson on SCOTUS, but no to pray?

They were already congregated, it became a problem when they began to pray.

OT doesn't realize it, but the US is moving too far left for his own good.

our Constitution is clear and easy to understand.. to make such laws you first have to ignore the constitution, then rationalize why you did...

some could say the law was against demonstrations.. or to congregate, but they were clearly exercising their freedom to practice their religion..

clearly enough that they were stopped and told to leave ("prohibited")... so no matter what the law says at this point... it is wrong and unconstitutional..


:agree:
 
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