a:1:{s:15:"field_blog_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:4093:"Where there is a whiff of common sense, the <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2014/07/atheists_mona_shores_high_scho.html">liberals descend to try and beat it into submission</a>:<br />
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<div>An attorney with the Freedom from Religion Foundation, a self-described association of atheists and agnostics, sent a letter to Mona Shores Superintendent Dave Peden warning him that Mona Shores High School's association with the baccalaureate ceremony violated the U.S. Constitution.</div>
</blockquote>Of course, the superintendent bravely faced down those interlopers that would try to interfere with a tradition in their district, telling them to mind their own business and go kiss some primordial muck! Ha! Just kidding - he rolled over and claimed mercy from the semi-stern letter he received:<br />
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<div>In a response to Attorney Rebecca Markert, Peden thanked her for bringing the issue to his attention. He wrote that the district's attorney made recommendations on how the district can avoid the &quot;aura of affiliation&quot; in the future.</div>
</blockquote>&quot;Aura of affiliation.&quot; Only to liberals and atheists and (apparently) school superintendents is having an &quot;aura of affiliation&quot; to church a bad thing. Having an &quot;aura of affiliation&quot; with the local S&amp;M club is probably wonderful to them. But don't you dare have an optional school event mention God for fifteen seconds. How dare you push your religion on me! Don't you remember the Crusades? The Salem Witch Trials? Touched by an Angel? What kind of horror could that fifteen-second prayer do to young, impressionable minds?<br />
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<div>Markert said the complainant is a member of the Freedom of Religion Foundation. She declined to provide any more information about that person, saying &quot;some people aren't out in the community as far as being an atheist.&quot; She said the foundation has about 21,000 members, including 540 in Michigan.</div>
</blockquote>So how many of those 540 Freedom of Religion Foundation in Michigan were going to be affected by prayer in a school in a community of 22,000 people, to an event where only 1/3 of the students typically attend? My guess is zero. This complainant may or may not live in the area, and apparently, is ashamed to be &quot;outted&quot; as an atheist. I mean, what would the family say. &quot;He seemed so normal, with his Prius and his Obama t-shirt and his &quot;Coexist&quot; bumper sticker and Darwin-fish logo. We never suspected he didn't believe in God.&quot;<br />
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And don't you love the name? Freedom of Religion Foundation. I wonder if they hold their cult-like meetings where they worship the one-celled organisms humans are supposed to have derived from.<br />
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<div>&quot;In our experience, sometimes we get superintendents, especially in Kentucky and Tennessee who say 'We knew this was wrong but the community wanted to have it done and we wanted to proceed on it until somebody called us out,'&quot; she said.</div>
</blockquote>In my experience, liberals will say and do anything to get their way. Perhaps even lying to a news site to make their opponents look bad. <br />
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I work with a Jewish woman. When we have work-catered meals (which is several times a week), there are several things she can't eat because of her beliefs. You know what she does? Doesn't eat the bacon, and doesn't complain that it's there. She acts like a grown up. The opposite reaction, the Freedom of Religion Foundation approach, would be to whine that there was something she didn't like and try to get bacon banned.<br />
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Here is my view: If you don't believe in God, that's your problem, not mine, but I hope you learn sooner or later what the truth really is. Sooner is better. In the meantime, how about you respect the customs and institutions of a community instead of pushing their views on them. I'm sure you're all about locally-sourced vegetables. How about locally-sourced traditions?<br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}}