Violating the 1st amendment while supposedly trying to abide by the so-called seperation of church and state?

Question

At a Phoenix area high school, a bright honors student who wants to become a doctor had submitted his personal bio for the yearbook in which he attributed his success to God. But there's a "problem." The Constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof" so the school changed his words to "attributes his success to others." Does anyone else think our founding fathers would think Americans in the year 2007 were a bunch of idiots for interpretting the Constitution that way??? Anyone who interprets the "CONGRESS shall make no law.." to mean that a high school student can't say "I attribute my success to God" in his own short bio in a yearbook is a moron. Especially considering the "OR PROHIBIT THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF" which comes right after that. It's sad what liberals have been trying to do to this country.

Answer 1

The change made on the statement of the student was unconstitutional because he must be free to attribute his success to God according to his belief. It is freedom of religion and must not be curtailed because freedom of religion is protected in the Constitution.

Answer 2

That high school deserves to get sued. Where's the ACLU? This is a perfect opportunity to give that group a case of cognitive dissonance.

BTW, it doesn't matter that this was done by a public school instead of Congress. The 14th Amendment was adopted right after the Civil War and it was designed to make sure that most of the clauses in the Bill of Rights are applicable just as much against the states as to the federal government, and it has been "settled law" for many years now that the Establishment Clause binds the states just as much as it binds the feds.

Answer 3

Welcome to America the land of the free and the congresionaly challenged. I have to agree with you whole heartedly. I with though that more people would take the time to see the error of our governments ways and make a statement that we will not tollerate our rights being stripped away like the sands of a beach. It is a sad thing to watch, the destruction of a nation once great and proud and strong. To that student who was wronged I would sue the school for violating his rights and force them to reprint the year books and make them give a public appology to the student along with a criminal hearing for their violation of his rights. Because they broke the law. Along with defaming the constitution and the people who built this country.

Answer 4

Absolutely ridiculous. Idiot school administrators have lost their minds. Their "trying to save the world" political correctness does NOTHING to make this country a better place to live. It just shows hypocrisy (if you believe in God) and total ignorance (banning a photo of an old military canon). I'm worried about our kids. They're subjected to these garbage policies in high school, then they go to college where they're fed nonsense by far left whacko professors.

Answer 5

This is a recurring theme in schools all over the USA. Here's one of the most idiotic example's I've found:

NEVIS, Minn. (AP) — A high school is refusing to allow a picture to appear in the yearbook of a student sitting on a 155 mm howitzer.

Nevis High officials said the photo of senior Samantha Jones violates the school's "zero-tolerance'' policy toward weapons.

The policy prohibits images of guns, knives or other weapons on shirts, hats or in pictures. It also bans squirt guns.

The snapshot shows Ms. Jones, who is joining the Army in June, perched on the small cannon outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

"Whether it's in military, recreational or sporting form, anything shaped like a gun or knife is banned,'' said Superintendent Dick Magaard.

Ms. Jones' mother, Sue Jones, petitioned for a vote by the School Board, which deadlocked 3-3 this week on publishing the photo.

"I back my daughter 100 percent on this. The lawyer will be sending you papers,'' she told school officials.

School Board chairman Marv Vredenburg defended Ms. Jones by pointing to war photographs already hanging on school walls. "She is honoring the flag and service,'' he said.