Being prohibited from persecuting others (by forcing Jewish kids to pray
Christian prayers in a public school, for example) is not persecution.
Not exact matches
The answer is that the
Christian right
in our country is constantly trying to force their religious beliefs into the
public sphere (science education,
school prayer at
public schools, Decalogue displays at court houses, nativity scenes on city hall property, crosses
in all kinds of
public places, national days of
prayer, etc.)-- if these things stopped, the outcry from us non-believers would be greatly diminished.
Before the 1970s, evangelicals voted as often for Democrats as for Republicans, but
in the wake of the Civil Rights movement
in the 1960s, a Supreme Court decision ending
prayer in public schools, and the legalisation of abortion
in 1973, the Republican Party recognised an opportunity to build a new coalition of
Christian conservatives upset with the cultural changes sweeping the country.
Rachel: You note that while Catholics, African Americans, Hispanics and many Mainline Protestants have continued to be involved
in public education, White evangelical
Christians are largely absent, until a «culture war» issue arises --(around
school - led
prayer, evolution, sex ed, etc.)-- and the protests begin.
Our country was founded on the biblical values we had
christian leaders, we had
prayer in our
public schools now we have hatred no love.
Bibles
in every motel room God on our money
Prayer before public events Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Laws that prevent non-christians from holding public office Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in the Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Bible School and «Repent or go to He.ll» Federally recognized christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary stu
Prayer before
public events
Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Laws that prevent non-christians from holding public office Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in the Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Bible School and «Repent or go to He.ll» Federally recognized christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary
Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being
christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Laws that prevent non-christians from holding public office Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in the Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Bible School and «Repent or go to He.ll» Federally recognized christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary
christian Churches every 6 blocks
in every city over 100,000 Laws that prevent non-christians from holding
public office
Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in the Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Bible School and «Repent or go to He.ll» Federally recognized christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary
Christian bookstores
in every town over 12,000 God
in the Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7
Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Bible School and «Repent or go to He.ll» Federally recognized christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary
Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Bible
School and «Repent or go to He.ll» Federally recognized
christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary
christian holiday Radioevangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be
christian National day of prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary
christian National day of
prayer God in the National Anthem Weekday christian education for elementary stu
prayer God
in the National Anthem Weekday
christian education for elementary
christian education for elementary students.
One of his first political actions was to make
christian prayer mandatory
in public schools.
Bibles
in every motel room God on our money Moments of silence (
prayer) before
public events
Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in The Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Brainwashing School (VBS) for your children Federally recognized Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be Christian National day of prayer God in the Nation
Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being
christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in The Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Brainwashing School (VBS) for your children Federally recognized Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be Christian National day of prayer God in the Nation
christian Churches every 6 blocks
in every city over 100,000
Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in The Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Brainwashing School (VBS) for your children Federally recognized Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be Christian National day of prayer God in the Nation
Christian bookstores
in every town over 12,000 God
in The Pledge of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7
Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Brainwashing School (VBS) for your children Federally recognized Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be Christian National day of prayer God in the Nation
Christian billboards along the highway advertising Vacation Brainwashing
School (VBS) for your children Federally recognized
Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be Christian National day of prayer God in the Nation
Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 % of the population claims to be
Christian National day of prayer God in the Nation
Christian National day of
prayer God
in the National Anthem
If a
Christian child is not permitted to say a
prayer in a
public school (which is the case
in many provinces) then a Muslim should certainly not have access to special religious holidays.
The situation may account for the way some conservatives want the creche on the Court House lawn, their
prayers in public schools, definitions of America as Judaeo -
Christian or
Christian.
-- favor
prayer in public school) «are God's frauds, cafeteria
Christians,» «hypocrites,» «Biblical illiterates,» «fundamentalists and political opportunists,» and «Pharisees.»
Are you saying that those that promote
prayer in public schools aren't
christian?
As much as we might fight against
prayers in public schools, churches on city property and political leaders who have the nerve to declare that this is a
Christian country, we must accept the fact that we are a minority.
Btw, what about those
Christian fundies that are always trying to get
prayer in schools, the Ten Commandments on the walls
in schools and
public buildings, etc?
I believe she is refering to the very Vocal Churches and
Christians who have for 30 years been hollaring and screamin about the issues of
prayer in public schools abortions and the anti- gay verbage we been hearing for so long... nearly every day somthing is beign said on these issues you must be mr. van winkle..
Thus Machen, unlike most of his conservative peers, then and now, opposed Bible reading and
prayer in the
public schools as well as
Christian political action on behalf of Prohibition.
It is one thing for courts to remind us that the government may not promote
Christian tenets, as it did when it forbade the recitation of the Lord's
Prayer in public schools in the Schempp case (1963).
It is an insult to those
Christians around the world who face actual persecution when evangelicals complain because
public school teachers are not allowed to lead children
in prayer before lunchtime because it violates the Establishment Clause.
The explosive growth of the conservative
Christian school movement
in the 1970s and 1980s was a response to the events and trends of the turbulent»60s: the consolidation of a secular science curriculum after the Soviet Union raced ahead
in space exploration; the rise of the counterculture and the rioting
in urban areas; and the Supreme Court decisions that restricted
prayer and Bible reading
in public schools.