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3. A lawsuit has been filed
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 12:36 AM
Apr 2013

Mississippi High School Lawsuit: Students Allegedly Forced To Attend 'Lectures' On Being 'Open' To Jesus

Students at Mississippi's Northwest Rankin High School who claim that they and their classmates were forced to attend assemblies about Christianity and the power of Jesus Christ are getting help from a top atheist organization to put an end to the meetings.

In a lawsuit filed by the American Humanist Association on behalf of the plaintiffs, students claim that the school sponsored mandatory “Christian Assemblies" organized by a local Evangelical church. Alexis Smith, a senior at the school who says she attended one of the assemblies, says in the lawsuit: "Faculty and parents stood near the exit door, preventing students from leaving," while an administrator "harassed several students who attempted to leave." She claims that a classmate not involved with the suit videotaped the entire event.

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The complaint goes on to claim that the church representative concluded the assembly with a Christian prayer.

According to an unnamed plaintiff and the plaintiff's friends, at least two separate assemblies for other classes played out similarly, and made other students feel uncomfortable.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/26/mississippi-high-school-lawsuit_n_3164796.html



Only in America BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #1
Wait, what? Have you even thought about that slightly? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #38
I was not being all that literal BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #56
The people yes, the nations no. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #60
Well that's a shame BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #62
It's regrettable, but makes much less difference here than you'd think. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #63
Heh. quakerboy Apr 2013 #95
(British) Education act of 1944 requires the school to perform daily religious instruction dickthegrouch Apr 2013 #75
Easier said than done. But still, the right thing to do. (NT) reACTIONary Apr 2013 #76
Im pretty sure your average HS student in any Country quakerboy Apr 2013 #97
Especially one that goes to THAT school. n/t cui bono Apr 2013 #105
What I'm suggesting (too subtlely, apparently) dickthegrouch Apr 2013 #142
50th anniversary of Bible-reading/prayer stopped kiri Apr 2013 #88
Only in America AlbertCat Apr 2013 #126
Is our children learning? lpbk2713 Apr 2013 #2
A lawsuit has been filed Tx4obama Apr 2013 #3
Glad to see that RainDog Apr 2013 #14
As it should be Sherman A1 Apr 2013 #24
Good. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #45
Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #150
this is very bad leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #4
christian shari'aists frylock Apr 2013 #5
oooooh, yummy! chervilant Apr 2013 #29
Not even remotely close. N.T Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #43
Yet... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #129
+1 idwiyo Apr 2013 #48
I'm waiting for the "Atheists Are Just As Militant" crowd to show up on this thread. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #6
Oh, don't worry, they'll be here... backscatter712 Apr 2013 #80
American Taliban ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #7
Exactly!!! We just use different names in the US, but same sh**. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #32
Different names, and less acid thrown in girls' faces. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #41
but more abortion doctors shot OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #58
Really? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #61
American christians do those things OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #67
The French Catholics seem to have taken some lessons from the Taliban lately MNBrewer Apr 2013 #111
It's pathetic to have to defend our own fundies Quantess Apr 2013 #65
Absolutely not, I agree - "nowhere near as bad as the Taliban" is not a proud boast... nt. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #66
More like American C of E. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #40
I call them the Talibornagin n/t hootinholler Apr 2013 #44
Agree idwiyo Apr 2013 #49
yep heaven05 Apr 2013 #74
Evangeliban. n/t cui bono Apr 2013 #106
If I had a kid, I would file a lawsuit nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #8
You better believe I would be right in line with you! truegrit44 Apr 2013 #10
That would be up to the kid jberryhill Apr 2013 #20
Wrong. Suit is filed on behalf of minor children all the time by a parent/guardian. Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #27
I know this because I'm a mom. xmas74 Apr 2013 #42
If the parent qualifies as guardian ad litem jberryhill Apr 2013 #46
If it were my kid, I'd want to sue that school back into the stone age. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #53
Same here! Felony charges should be brought ... then, they can RKP5637 Apr 2013 #33
Then they can all whine about how they're being "persecuted" for being Christians. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #54
That is what really PO's me about some christians, they whine all the time about RKP5637 Apr 2013 #69
Its a civil matter... ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #59
It seems to me that this was a case of false imprisonment. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #77
The school has in loco parentis authority. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #81
Take a look at Sgent Apr 2013 #110
The in loco parentis give them a wide latitude, one respected by the courts ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #114
Well, damn. HooptieWagon Apr 2013 #132
The problem is that there will be no personal accountability ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #134
Maybe after a hit in the pocketbook, HooptieWagon Apr 2013 #138
The populace probably supports it ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #139
Then they can pay for it. HooptieWagon Apr 2013 #144
I think if you pay property tax or any tax that goes toward school funding Bandit Apr 2013 #145
I will have to modify it nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #146
I refuse.... MichelleB Apr 2013 #9
Every teacher , administer who participated in this should be fired newmember Apr 2013 #11
And sued. AND prosecuted for violating students' civil rights under color of law. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #13
Did you read this? I'm speechless newmember Apr 2013 #15
No, this is DU. The principal should document this and if they do it two more times Recursion Apr 2013 #37
That was a simply delicious post. nt msanthrope Apr 2013 #64
If that's what you think of DU Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #78
You are demanding orthodoxy? Are you saying that no alternative viewpoints should be allowed on DU? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #99
I wasn't commenting on a viewpoint. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #123
If you intended to respond to #37, AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #125
I'm a teacher who was forced to attend one of these things Nevernose Apr 2013 #115
No. The people who forced you to should have been. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #124
Did you then force your students to go? JimDandy Apr 2013 #130
I think maybe you missed the point Nevernose Apr 2013 #141
And people ask why my Mother home schooled us. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #12
Much ado about nothing Captain Stern Apr 2013 #16
Reminds me of the Bangladesh factory collapse where the exits were blocked. alp227 Apr 2013 #17
My first thought, too. All treated like prisoners. WTF!!! freshwest Apr 2013 #22
Unfuckingbelievable. I think it is getting worse in the South. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #18
Same here. I can't believe this is happening. freshwest Apr 2013 #23
eh... maybe Sgent Apr 2013 #112
baccalaureate ceremony LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #113
A lot of laws were broken defacto7 Apr 2013 #19
Evangelism in the school auditorium... ReRe Apr 2013 #21
Even if it was a private religious school, HockeyMom Apr 2013 #36
Absolutely! ReRe Apr 2013 #108
A public school is not a church shenmue Apr 2013 #25
But yet they can't put that much effort into math or science? Weird. ck4829 Apr 2013 #26
Jeebus does the math for them, all they have to do is believe. Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #28
Genesis has all the science y'all need IDemo Apr 2013 #39
If religion is so fucken great, how come they are always RKP5637 Apr 2013 #30
because there is not *one* religion on earth that would exist today.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #73
Well, god works in mysterious ways you know ... n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #84
The American Taliban strikes again n/t malaise Apr 2013 #31
Can't wait for the return of inquisition by these dark ages loving fools. on point Apr 2013 #34
But does she weigh the same as a duck? temporary311 Apr 2013 #119
Just gotta tell these officials that Jesus sucks cock in hell. Lucky Luciano Apr 2013 #35
It's sadly ironic how un-Christian Christians can be think Apr 2013 #47
Flowood, pop. 4000+, is a small suburb MineralMan Apr 2013 #50
A speaker I heard recently MountainLaurel Apr 2013 #79
i'll be very interested to read that book.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #83
This is the author MountainLaurel Apr 2013 #94
The first country to adopt Christianity was the worst slave empire in history Coyotl Apr 2013 #51
There, there, you silly slaves. Don't worry your little heads about the here-and-now. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #116
You could do the equal-time, other viewpoint YouTube for Miss. schools! Coyotl Apr 2013 #118
Poorest State Brimley Apr 2013 #52
I hope the school district is sued within an inch of its life ellie Apr 2013 #55
This is bizarre obama2terms Apr 2013 #57
And this is why Mississippi has the lowest average IQ of all states in the nation. n/t backscatter712 Apr 2013 #68
I guess they didn't need to study for their standardized tests? n2doc Apr 2013 #70
Could be worse. Bette Noir Apr 2013 #71
I will say I am sorry before I start this post to the Mississippi people who are hurt by this BUT I jwirr Apr 2013 #72
Fire them all. Rex Apr 2013 #82
I always wonder if they believe a kid will burst into flames. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #85
Interesting...... When I was in grade school - late 50's early 60's - we had weekly religious firenewt Apr 2013 #86
I was in school during the same time period, RebelOne Apr 2013 #89
This happened in Indiana - no big surprise there. firenewt Apr 2013 #92
IMO, the loss of followers is resulting in desperation (nt) jeff47 Apr 2013 #90
That's still going on today in some areas MountainLaurel Apr 2013 #96
How are our religious fundamentalists any better than the ones we're fighting? Initech Apr 2013 #87
Apparently they're the dumbasses who think the Constitution Zoeisright Apr 2013 #91
No they love THEIR version of the Constitution.. Goes like this MattBaggins Apr 2013 #93
Being the insufferable smart ass that I am, Moostache Apr 2013 #98
Well, that's one approach. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #101
I would sue the school. Apophis Apr 2013 #100
ACLU, please pick up the courtesy phone cali Apr 2013 #102
Most republicans are not/nor ever were Christion nakocal Apr 2013 #103
They used James Robison to indoctrinate us in about 1970. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #104
K & R Scurrilous Apr 2013 #107
I was certain that this had to be some kind of private school. Its not, its a public school grantcart Apr 2013 #109
It's sick. NealK Apr 2013 #117
Voltaire warned us about the promotion of religions based on magic and superstition. another_liberal Apr 2013 #120
+1 Dawson Leery Apr 2013 #128
He also said: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." Rozlee Apr 2013 #133
When you have to practically hold people hostage I wouldn't count on Raine Apr 2013 #121
If they did that to my child I would be avebury Apr 2013 #122
What are people so afraid of that they have to do this? SummerSnow Apr 2013 #127
Is it child abuse yet? Iggo Apr 2013 #131
thank the education deformers HiPointDem Apr 2013 #135
This has been going on long before the education deformers started ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #136
gotten worse and more open because of ed deform, and specifically because HiPointDem Apr 2013 #137
I think it has become more rare, which is why it gets reported ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #140
when education monies can be funneled to religious organizations it becomes more common, & HiPointDem Apr 2013 #143
For those that moan about South bashing........... mick063 Apr 2013 #147
I'm a Christian, and if I had a kid in that school, I'd sic the ACLU on the school Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #148
I would have tried to go to the bathroom.... jakefrep Apr 2013 #149
The talibnornagain at work. This is what the "religious freedom" advocates really want. muntrv Jul 2013 #151
It's a good thing I don't run things. I'd frogmarch the people kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #152
this will backfire for sure greymattermom Jul 2013 #153
Gotta get thru Chancellor Knuckles and Dean Rocko if you're gonna blow this taco stand Blue Owl Jul 2013 #154
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