Florida school board to consider banning distribution of all religious materials

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Satanic worship group seeks to hand out coloring books to high school students prompting Florida school board to consider banning distribution of all religious materials
The Satanic Temple, a worship group, has asked to distribute a coloring book to Florida high schoolers
Florida allows religious groups to distribute bibles and other materials in schools
The board is thinking of changing the policy so that no one may hand out any religious material

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2836205/Satanic-worship-group-seeks-hand-coloring-books-high-school-students-prompting-Florida-school-board-consider-banning-distribution-religious-materials.html

So it's okay when Christians do it but now that the Satanists are distributing religious materials they want to stop it.

shruikan2553

The fastest way to make a Christian a secularist is to threaten them with another religion. In the US they are all for freedom of religion as long as that religion is Christianity.

branie2

Looks like Satanic propaganda to me

looksee

branie2 wrote: »

Looks like Satanic propaganda to me

Well of course it is satanic propaganda, what else would it be?

Peregrinus

Free exercise of religion is constitutionally protected in the US. The ACLU is forever bringing lawsuits against school districts which attempt to restrict the expression of religious beliefs in schools. They almost invariably win. They'll win this one, too.

BlaasForRafa

Satan has all the best colouring books!

Hoagy

Peregrinus wrote: »

Free exercise of religion is constitutionally protected in the US. The ACLU is forever bringing lawsuits against school districts which attempt to restrict the expression of religious beliefs in schools. They almost invariably win. They'll win this one, too.

It's not straightforward, though.

From the ACLU (New Mexico) guide:

Distribution of Religious Materials at School

Outside groups and organizations generally may not distribute Bibles or other religiously themed materials on school property, either during or after instructional hours.

However, if a school has created a open public forum in which any and all community groups can distribute materials, some courts have held that religious groups may distribute materials to students under the same terms as any other group.
However, this would mean that schools could not discriminate against groups based on their viewpoint and would therefore be required to give equal access to Christians, Unitarians, Buddhists, Muslims, Mormons, Atheists, New Age religions, etc

Lau2976

The biggest question here is what high schooler wants a f***ing colouring book?!?

PopePalpatine

Lau2976 wrote: »

The biggest question here is what high schooler wants a f***ing colouring book?!?

It's obviously for when they inject teh marijuanaz because SATAN!!!

Lau2976

Maybe its all a misunderstanding and it was supposed to be SANTA colouring books.

Lau2976

I can't post a link but look it up. It is available online!

Not something I'd be buying a kid for their birthday but it isn't even that bad. Take out one or two things and it could be about tolerance!

The Adversary

People don't understand the definition of these so called "Satanists"

"The Satanic Temple" are an advocacy group full of atheists and secularists. They spin the satanic stuff because they know it will cause a reaction, the colouring book espouses liberal principles, the actual satanic content is tongue in cheek and really very tame.

There exposing a loophole in the American legal system and are doing it successfully, they know there is no way they will ever get "satanic" material distributed in school or a statue of baphomet outside a courthouse, but in theory they SHOULD legally, so judges ban all religious material. Achieving their goal as secularists.

More power to them I say.