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Originally posted by burntheships
No, I dont think. The child and the dad, that makes 2.
Originally posted by The_Phantom
The agenda liberals have is to remove flags and anything that can be related to God from schools. As in "...one nation under God..."
Originally posted by sara123123
reply to post by burntheships
What a crock. It offends communists - the teacher - and that is why it was rejected. Shifting blame onto Witnesses is a laugh riot. These people have no problem in offending Christians in their classrooms every day in every way they possibly can.
Originally posted by romanmel
I hate seeing kids graduate from public schools who cannot read and write above a third grade level, because teachers impose their PC ideas upon those they are charged with educating.
Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by Mercurio
No offense taken.
Its a childs rendering of The Unites States Flag.
I think that there is a moral to this story...no one has hit on it yet.
But your close.
Originally posted by TheDevilOfLies
take your own advice
were it not for what that flag represents the witnesses wouldnt be here
Originally posted by AussieAmandaC
We live in a very small town that has 9 churches of differing denominations, and 11 alcoholic outlets...
hmmmm nice choice!
Originally posted by AwareOfSurroundings
I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that we can't hang our flag in our own country because it might offend others. Go back to where you f****** came from then. Why would they live in AMERICA and not expect to see and American flag everywhere you go? If OUR country is offensive to somebody then go somewhere else. YOU are offending us by coming to our country and making us change things. This makes me so mad .
Originally posted by Runaway1977
Originally posted by romanmel
I hate seeing kids graduate from public schools who cannot read and write above a third grade level, because teachers impose their PC ideas upon those they are charged with educating.
What are the parents doing while this sort of thing is going on?
Is "parents" still a word?
Originally posted by alphabetaone
Originally posted by Runaway1977
Originally posted by romanmel
I hate seeing kids graduate from public schools who cannot read and write above a third grade level, because teachers impose their PC ideas upon those they are charged with educating.
What are the parents doing while this sort of thing is going on?
Is "parents" still a word?
I don't think much mention was made to the plural parent(s)... I only recall mention of parenT, the father.
If I were a betting man, I would guess he had the ACLU phone number already programmed in as a contact on his iPhone just waiting for the moment to use it.
*** sj p. 13 Flag Salute, Anthems and Voting ***
Even though we do not salute the flag of any nation, this certainly is not meant to indicate disrespect. We do respect the flag of whatever country we live in, and we show this respect by obedience to the country’s laws. We never engage in antigovernment activity of any kind. In fact, we believe that present human governments constitute an “arrangement of God” that he has temporarily permitted to exist. So we consider ourselves under divine command to pay taxes, tribute and honor to such “superior authorities.”—Romans 13:1-7.........
...we view the flag salute as an act of worship. Although we do not discourage others from saluting the flag, we cannot conscientiously give what we view as worship to anyone or anything except our God, Jehovah. (Matthew 4:10)
We would like to emphasize that we intend no disrespect for any government or its rulers by our refusal to salute the flag. It is just that we will not, in an act of worship, bow down to or salute an image representing the State, like the one Nebuchadnezzar raised up in the plain of Dura, or like the modern flags of the nations. (Daniel 3:1-30)
Significantly, the Supreme Court of the United States, in a historic reversal of a previous decision, stated:
“We think the action of the local authorities in compelling the flag salute and pledge transcends constitutional limitations on their power and invades the sphere of intellect and spirit which it is the purpose of the First Amendment to our Constitution to reserve from all official control.”—West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943).
So then, while others salute and pledge allegiance, our children stand quietly during the flag salute ceremony. But if, for some reason, the flag ceremony is conducted in such a way that simply standing gives evidence of one’s participation in the ceremony, our young ones remain seated. In addition, our youths do not march in patriotic parades, which would show their support of the thing honored by the parade. We remain neutral
Source: "School And Jehovah's Witnesses" brochure page 13.
Originally posted by Runaway1977
I am sure you are right but I was specifically asking about the parents of all the children graduating from all the public schools who cannot read and write above a third grave level. In the teacher bashfest I responded to I find it striking that there seems to be a complete absence of parental responsibility. If your children are high school graduates, 18 years or more, and cannot read then I cannot help but wonder what the hell was being done as parents for those 18 years.
Originally posted by Sparky63
Schools must have changed a lot since I was a kid. Since when do students get to dictate to teachers what they do in their classrooms? The teacher didn't have to give any reason for not hanging up the kids picture of the flag. She should have simply said, "No" and left it at that.
My parents always supported the teachers even when they were probably wrong, and trust me, I had some pretty bad teachers back when I was in school. Teaching a child to have the proper respect for authority and especially adults, is sometimes more important than worrying about some kid not getting his way.
edit on 5/16/2011 by Sparky63 because: added comment