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RussBLib

(9,666 posts) Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:30 AM Feb 2022

WV high school students forced to attend evangelical service

100 of them walked out in protest.

When students arrived at the event in the school's auditorium, they were instructed to close their eyes and raise their arms in prayer, Mays said. The teens were asked to give their lives over to Jesus to find purpose and salvation. Those who did not follow the Bible would go to hell when they died, they were told.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/christian-revival-school-prompts-student-walkout-wva-82765607

These religious freaks just will not stop trying to force their perverted views on everyone.

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WV high school students forced to attend evangelical service (Original Post) RussBLib Feb 2022 OP

Lock them up -- that's as unconsitutional as... Rocknation Feb 2022 #1

That this happened is nothing new. Silver Gaia Feb 2022 #2

Cute my family's home town exboyfil Feb 2022 #3

Good for those kids who walked out mountain grammy Feb 2022 #4

when I was in junior high in Kansas we were regularly marched to nearby churches demigoddess Feb 2022 #5

Yeah, good for those kids. progressoid Feb 2022 #6

Rocknation

(44,883 posts)

1. Lock them up -- that's as unconsitutional as...

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:33 AM

Feb 2022

well...hell!

Rocknation

Silver Gaia

(4,849 posts)

2. That this happened is nothing new.

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:43 AM

Feb 2022

They did this to my daughter in Tennessee in the 80s and 90s. They did it to me in the 60s in Arkansas. What's NEW is that a hundred kids walked out in protest! Right on!

exboyfil

(17,995 posts)

3. Cute my family's home town

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:44 AM

Feb 2022

Fortunately we moved when I was 6 to SoCal. SoCal ain't great (it was better back then), but it is infinitely better than Huntington. After we buried my dad and then my grandma, my mom and I have absolutely no interest in ever returning.

So long as you are of the right tribe (religion and race), the people can be very warm. They stepped up to host an after-funeral reception at my grandma's funeral (we had planned to have some pizzas at the motel with immediate family).

mountain grammy

(27,271 posts)

4. Good for those kids who walked out

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:51 AM

Feb 2022

We're a Christian nation goddammit.. pray or we'll kill ya. I think that's where it's going.

demigoddess

(6,675 posts)

5. when I was in junior high in Kansas we were regularly marched to nearby churches

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 12:54 PM

Feb 2022

for services. Especially around Easter and Christmas. No permission from our parents was asked for. We also had religious speakers at assemblies in our jr and sr high schools. Put me off churches and religion for the rest of my life. Nothing like going to church to make you hate churches.

progressoid

(50,746 posts)

6. Yeah, good for those kids.

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 02:01 PM

Feb 2022

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