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**loolitoertego** · 10-27-2011, 07:58 PM

Why should a non-believer have to be put in that position in the first place -- whether it be to leave the stadium, not bow, or whathaveyou?

You want to pray? Fine. Go to church or do so in the privacy of your home. Or shout your faith from the street corner for all I care. Just don't do it at a public event hosted by a government entity. We should be free to attend civic events and not have some minister talk to us about gods.

This is the problem with our society anymore. It's all "me, me, me" and "Well that makes ME feel bad." For goodness sake, it wasn't mandated by the school, it was probably student led and no one was forced to participate. I'm a "non-believer" and I just ignore it. Oh look I'm still here and my emotional state and physical state are just fine.

So what do you do if your kid is on a sports team at a public school and that team plays an away game at a religious school where they will most likely say a prayer. Do you sue them for "emotional distress" or violating your rights then? Probably not I assume. I know it's different for private schools but both teams aren't a private school or religious - and I would assume you would get equally offended regardless of the school right?

10-27-2011, 07:58 PM	#20
loolitoertego Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	Why should a non-believer have to be put in that position in the first place -- whether it be to leave the stadium, not bow, or whathaveyou? You want to pray? Fine. Go to church or do so in the privacy of your home. Or shout your faith from the street corner for all I care. Just don't do it at a public event hosted by a government entity. We should be free to attend civic events and not have some minister talk to us about gods. This is the problem with our society anymore. It's all "me, me, me" and "Well that makes ME feel bad." For goodness sake, it wasn't mandated by the school, it was probably student led and no one was forced to participate. I'm a "non-believer" and I just ignore it. Oh look I'm still here and my emotional state and physical state are just fine. So what do you do if your kid is on a sports team at a public school and that team plays an away game at a religious school where they will most likely say a prayer. Do you sue them for "emotional distress" or violating your rights then? Probably not I assume. I know it's different for private schools but both teams aren't a private school or religious - and I would assume you would get equally offended regardless of the school right?
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