Comments on: School Sued for Holding Graduation at Church

By: Hope4agape

Hope4agape — Thu, 19 May 2005 16:24:55 +0000

I live in Brevard, and find the whole issue to be nonsense.
The main issue here is not seperation of church and state. It is the safe high school commencement ceremony.
Brevard county is prone to lightning strikes with out notice. The one school that did not hold thier cermony at Calvary last year was interupted by a storm.
I commend the school board and the Schools for considering and protecting the Constitionally protected right of the lives of the students and thier extended families.

By: IcallMasICM

IcallMasICM — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:51:42 +0000

K - your post is self parody

Just use the handy Troll guide

It's all because of(Insert banal antiBush/antiChristian/antiCapitalism/antiAmericanselection here)!!!!!

By: David Harris

David Harris — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:30:07 +0000

Shouldn't the atheist fire his lawyer for openly using a "religious analogy"?

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:00:44 +0000

Judge rules in favor of school, but affirms bigotry
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By: Just Me

Just Me — Thu, 19 May 2005 10:44:21 +0000

I went to a fairly small school, and while our auditorium was large enough to hold most students, it was not large enough to accomodate graduation ceremonies, because they couldn't hold all the people coming to watch the graduation.

We were in a University town though, and could access one of several places there.

But I don't see anything wrong with using a church, if the school was unable to locate other facilities, as long as the service wasn't religious in nature.

By: ob1

ob1 — Thu, 19 May 2005 10:41:36 +0000

Jeb Bush did not create the problem with Florida schools. He inherited the problem that has been there for decades. It all comes down to the fact that FL has a lot of old people who have nothing better to do in their lives than vote. Most of these old people are stingy bastards who just want more for themselves and they consistently vote against funding schools/education.

The problem existed during times of Democratic Governors and they couldn't solve it either, so save your Bush bashing, Krappiy.

As for why these schools are being held in churches...perhaps the other large structures in the area were damaged in last year's 4 hurricanes? Just speculation.

By: Kappiy

Kappiy — Thu, 19 May 2005 02:12:59 +0000

Of course the real issue here has to do with woeful funding of schools in Florida. What kind of school doesn't have room to accomodate a graduation? Namely, ones in a state where the governor is hostile to the will of the electorate and the school system.

Ever since the voters passed the amendment to the FL constitution demanding smaller class sizes, Jeb Bush has failed to comply and has exhibited arrogance at implementing a hugely popular referendum.

Luckily the FL senate has resisted his efforts to overturn the democratic will of the state's voters.

If the folks in Broward were politically savvy, they would hold graduation ceremonies in the defining architechtural marvel of the Florida school system: a double-wide trailer.

The dominant

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 19 May 2005 00:16:29 +0000

Egad, these people need to grow up. I guarantee the church facility is probably cheaper than any general use secular facility around the area. From a purely financial standpoint, it's in the school district's best interest.

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Wed, 18 May 2005 23:57:41 +0000

Agreed. I gave my convocation speech in a Catholic church because it was the nicest large building around. No problem with that scenario. Of course, I wouldn't have cared if it were in a Ziggurat devoted to Marduk, but I doubt everyone is so viewpoint-neutral.