Comments on: When the GOP promoted secular public schools

By: Patrocles

Patrocles — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:29:45 +0000

I don’t see the problem. Why shouldn’t the tax money of catholic (or protestant) parents go to catholic (or protestant) schools? The government isn’t the donor of that money, it only administers money which doesn’t belong to it.

Being an anabaptist, I’m all for separate Christian settlements.The Republican platform of 1876 would forbid such a settlement to fund its own Christian school – it seemingly wouldn’t like such settlements at all.

By: Patrocles

Patrocles — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:29:45 +0000

By: Gus

Gus — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:47:54 +0000

Son and brother of Lutheran Pastors here. Yes, there is a generational difference. Dad, along with his separation of church and state ideals, would not allow voting machines in the church in case someone did not want to step foot on the property and just not vote. My brother looks at voting machines in the church as a chance to ‘undercover’ evangelize or at least be welcoming. Dad fought to keep prayer out of our public schools in the 1950’s and 1960’s because he didn’t want someone else’s religion encroaching on his children. And it simply is not the state’s job. My brother thinks it is almost blasphemy not to have someone say a prayer over the loud speaker before a high school football game.

My late father was and my brother is Republican.

By: Gus

Gus — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:47:54 +0000

My late father was and my brother is Republican.

By: Zoe Brain

Zoe Brain — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:31:22 +0000

So hypothetically… as the cheerleaders and not officially represent the school.. it would be ok to have a banner “AVE SATANAS! PRAISE SATAN, AND WIN THE GAME”