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WillParkinson

(16,866 posts) Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:27 PM Oct 2015

Georgia school pays up after teacher tells 1st grader his mom is bad because she doesn't believe...

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/georgia-school-pays-up-after-teacher-tells-first-grader-his-mom-is-bad-because-she-doesnt-believe-in-god/

Georgia public school agreed to stop two teachers from praying in class and promoting their religious beliefs to children, but only after a secular group filed a lawsuit.

A kindergarten teacher and first-grade teacher at Swainsboro Primary School led students in prayer before lunch last year and then singled out students whose parents complained, reported Patheos.

The teachers ordered those children to sit outside the classroom in a hallway while other students prayed, and one of the teachers told students their classmates couldn’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance because it contained the phrase, “under God.”

Another teacher told one child that he should “make a good decision” and join his classmates in prayer, according to a complaint filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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Georgia school pays up after teacher tells 1st grader his mom is bad because she doesn't believe... (Original Post) WillParkinson Oct 2015 OP

And yet somehow the Christians here will come out thinking THEY were the persecuted ones. trotsky Oct 2015 #1

This is why all that bullshit about "nobody HAS to participate" is a flying crock o shit. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #2

Exactly kdmorris Oct 2015 #8

Why do teachers keep doing this when they know they'll get in trouble? sakabatou Oct 2015 #3

Because Jesus™. (nt) jeff47 Oct 2015 #4

cuz the buybull told them to. progressoid Oct 2015 #5

Because mostly they don't, pushback is fairly rare Fumesucker Oct 2015 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Oct 2015 #7

Those teachers should have been fired. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #9

That was my first thought as well. Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #10

Tim Wise's response sums my feelings on it PeaceNikki Oct 2015 #11

That shit wouldn't fly in the north east. lindysalsagal Oct 2015 #12

That shit wouldn't fly in the north east. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #13

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

1. And yet somehow the Christians here will come out thinking THEY were the persecuted ones.

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:54 PM

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Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

2. This is why all that bullshit about "nobody HAS to participate" is a flying crock o shit.

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:59 PM

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kdmorris

(5,649 posts)

8. Exactly

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 03:58 PM

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Tell everyone that a bunch of 6 year old children don't "have to" participate and then make the 6 year olds who don't participate feel like crap about themselves and their families.

sakabatou

(43,050 posts)

3. Why do teachers keep doing this when they know they'll get in trouble?

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 01:00 PM

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jeff47

(26,549 posts)

4. Because Jesus™. (nt)

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 01:28 PM

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progressoid

(50,747 posts)

5. cuz the buybull told them to.

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 01:28 PM

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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

6. Because mostly they don't, pushback is fairly rare

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 01:40 PM

Oct 2015

Parents have to choose their battles bearing in mind that their child is also a combatant and the opponents will not hesitate to punish the child as we see happened here.