Suppressing Christianity at Home (US)

[sephodwyrm]

http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004058.cfm
Not too sure if this is any true. Given, this is quoted from a religious website. But I just to ask TWC high school students in the US if such is common in their institutions.

[Sidmen]

My school has a teacher that hosts religious prayer during lunchtime in his classroom. So, no, its not common.

What probably happened was that the students were being terribly disruptive.

[Admiral Piett]

Who knows what really happened? If they really werent bothering anyone else and were just having a prayer session to themselves outside of class, I don't think that's anything to get suspended over. Although, I could actually imagine them getting humiliated a lot from other people.

[cristophe el perno]

Doesn't appear to be a particularly impartial source. Maybe this isn't the whole story?

[Barry Goldwater]

If this is true, then it is madness However, no such thing has happened at my school...so no, it isn't exactly common here

[DimondLight]

Never happened at my school, and I've seen quite a few people pray.

[The spartan]

Christians would LOVE to be the minorities and be victims of persecution, it is what they are best at. However, they NEVER have been nor EVER will be a minority in the US, so they need to stop trying to appeal to pity.

This individual case is weird. Like, really weird, and it seems totally fabricated. A "satanist" student? What? And I can't think of any principle I have ever known or heard of who would stop student gathers because they are about religion and not American Idol.

At my high school, there were several clubs that were based in religion in some way, it wasn't uncommon. And that was just fine and dandy because they were just clubs, no one cared.

[The Dude]

Christians would LOVE to be the minorities and be victims of persecution, it is what they are best at. However, they NEVER have been nor EVER will be a minority in the US, so they need to stop trying to appeal to pity.

This individual case is weird. Like, really weird, and it seems totally fabricated. A "satanist" student? What? And I can't think of any principle I have ever known or heard of who would stop student gathers because they are about religion and not American Idol.

At my high school, there were several clubs that were based in religion in some way, it wasn't uncommon. And that was just fine and dandy because they were just clubs, no one cared.

Christians will eventually be a minority, no two ways about it. Nothing lasts forever, not even christianity. 8D

[IrishHitman]

After a Satanist student approached school administrators to complain about the prayer group, Vice Principal Alex Otoupal told the Christians they could no longer meet.

This part of the article says it all.
The article is biased, and isn't telling us the whole story.

Clearly, there is more to this.

[motiv-8]

This part of the article says it all.
The article is biased, and isn't telling us the whole story.

Clearly, there is more to this.

Too hard to believe that a Satanist decided that praying in the same school he goes to is simply unbearable?

I doubt there's much more to it. High school kids are generally pricks like that.

[IrishHitman]

Too hard to believe that a Satanist decided that praying in the same school he goes to is simply unbearable?
I doubt there's much more to it. High school kids are generally pricks like that.

"Satanist" coming from a Christian website isn't to be trusted.
These people call anyone who disagrees with them "Satanists"...

If I see mainstream media sources confirming that the student in question is a satanist, as well as some indepedent sources, then I'd believe it.

[sephodwyrm]

there were several clubs that were based in religion in some way

I gathered. Back in Berkeley, there's:
1. Chinese Christian Association
2. HK Students for Christ
3. Korean Campus Crusaders
4. Korean Christia Association
And so on~~
And I thought Berkeley turned religious. In the end, I just discovered religion turned Asian in Berkeley.

[Justinian]

After a Satanist student approached school administrators to complain about the prayer group, Vice Principal Alex Otoupal told the Christians they could no longer meet.

This is coming from an incredibly biased source. This would not have happened they way they describe it -- and for god's sake, come on. A SATANIST, oh god no!

[Scar Face]

http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004058.cfm
Not too sure if this is any true. Given, this is quoted from a religious website. But I just to ask TWC high school students in the US if such is common in their institutions.

VERY common for Christian students. Not so much for other faiths. Speaking from the point of view of Canada, which is basically just the more PC controlled areas of America, fast forwarded 5 years.

[The spartan]

VERY common for Christian students. Not so much for other faiths. Speaking from the point of view of Canada, which is basically just the more PC controlled areas of America, fast forwarded 5 years.

No...I don't think so. As I have said, my high school, and ALL the high schools in my area, have christian related clubs. School systems are NOT picking on Christians. Now, Christianity should not be part of the curriculum for school, but it is not being hunted down. Once again, this is just some paranoia that the "Christian way of life" is under attack.

Too hard to believe that a Satanist decided that praying in the same school he goes to is simply unbearable?

I doubt there's much more to it. High school kids are generally pricks like that.

No, it is just that there aren't as many "satanist" high school kids as there used to be. Darn shame.

[Scar Face]

No...I don't think so. As I have said, my high school, and ALL the high schools in my area, have christian related clubs. School systems are NOT picking on Christians. Now, Christianity should not be part of the curriculum for school, but it is not being hunted down. Once again, this is just some paranoia that the "Christian way of life" is under attack.

Well, as I said, I am speaking from the perspective of Canada, who's society is a mirror of American society in the north east. The primary differences are: we are more white, we are more Christian, and we are more PC. So maybe it does not happen often in America, yet, but do you think it wont? It's a natural evolution.

[The spartan]

Well, as I said, I am speaking from the perspective of Canada, who's society is a mirror of American society in the north east. The primary differences are: we are more white, we are more Christian, and we are more PC. So maybe it does not happen often in America, yet, but do you think it wont? It's a natural evolution.

Discrimination of the majority? Ya...I don't think so.

[Scar Face]

Discrimination of the majority? Ya...I don't think so.

Yeah...I do. Called political correctness, look around, don't be blind.

[Dismounted H@Xx0rZ]

Would Muslims have been subjected to the same treatment?

[The Good]

Would Muslims have been subjected to the same treatment?

Probably not, due to political correctness... and PC seems to be very biased against Christianity.