LOL, is that rule number #57 in the atheist’s guidebook to always winning the argument? “when all else fails, boldly claim that a cite is pathetically bogus”.
Fine, here’s another one:
No, but the people who write blurbs for publishers are. Feel free to find anything actually written by Newmyer that calls Story the founder of the school.
A cite from Conservapedia - an openly biased website with a poor reputation for accuracy - rather than Wikipedia or the website of Harvard Law? You’re now forcing me to consider the possibility that you are being insincere and are just trying to get a rise out of people. You don’t want to do that. tomndebb pointed out to you recently that we don’t have much patience for that kind of thing.
Of course religious students should be able to pray and read thier holy texts in school without being harrassed, but putting up a banner is a different issue. Ideally it might be great if everyone could put up a banner about thier particular beliefs but there must be practical and legal limits free speech. This is one of them. I’d be glad to see a wall full of banners representing a variety of belief systems but I think that’s university level not high school because sadly society isn’t mature enopugh to deal with that.
How on earth would it be possible for her to destroy people’s right to pray? I’ve watched a couple of interviews and read her blog. She’s actually an intelligent articulate and courageous teenager who stuck up for her rights and the rights of others.
Do you suppose Christian students and thier parents would object to a prayer to Allah hung there, even though Allah just means God? Of course they would.
I disagree. she demonstrated the courage to stick up for your rights even when the majority is agasint you. That’s a positive thing. She wasn’t the only person objecting to the banner. She was the one that had the courage to keep pressing the issue because she understood the law and why it’s in place.
And atheist websites are not biased against Christians?
I find it quite interesting that no one so far wants to address the real point of my post being the quotes of Joseph Story. If I’m wrong about Harvard Law then my references are wrong. Conservapedia was just the first one that came up.
Wikipedia most certainly does recognize a strong connection with Story and Harvard Law School: By 1827, the school, which was down to one faculty member, was struggling. An alumnus stepped in by endowing the Dane Professorship of Law and insisting that it be given to then Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. Story’s belief in the need for an elite law school based on merit and dedicated to public service helped build the school’s reputation at the time, although the contours of these beliefs have not been consistent throughout its history. Enrollment remained low through the 19th century as university legal education was considered to be of little added benefit to apprenticeships in legal practice.
What “atheist websites” are you referring to? Is anything that isn’t explicitly Christian an “atheist website”?
Yes, there’s a strong connection between Story and Harvard Law. There’s also a strong connection between Al Gore and the Internet, but when he claimed to have created it, he was still wrong.
I find it interesting that you do not want to address the real point of my post; that is
that* it’s important to note that his opinions, unless made as an actual judicial ruling, do not equal law*.
