Gnslngr

Nope. But it's a start. :thumbup:

Fla Walt Loc: Delray Beach, Florida

I keep asking "back from who"?

ngc1514 Loc: Atlanta, Ga., Lancaster, Oh. and Stuart, Fl.

Why, from everyone who does not think the same way as the poster, obviously. Next thing you know, someone will claim the nation was stabbed in the back and we know where that went!

SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

Read the article:

Actually, contrary to what some have posted, the LSU students weren't wearing crosses on T-shirts. They painted their naked upper bodies with body paint, and also painted the crosses on their chests.

Photogdog Loc: New Kensington, PA

So much for taxpayer dollars going to the religious right.

Gnslngr

Read the article. The university was using pictures of the boys. That was the problem.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Once again the American sheeple get bamboozeled by the government. If Congress is so hell bent on separation of church and state, why do they open all sessions of congress with prayer? Same with the supreme court. Or how about "In God We Trust" on our currency. Congress sure holds themselves to a different standard. What happened to "For the people by the people?"
I'm sure the prayers alienate some religious groups that feel left out of the mix due to the Judaeo\Christian roots of the prayers.

I'm an atheist yet I believe an American has the right to prayer. The government has gotten into the self esteem business, whether it be mainstreaming kids with learning disabilities so their self esteem is maintained; affirmative action; illegal immigration; or denying prayer for fear some group will feel left out.

First, self esteem is not something I want my government dictating the rules for. Second failure is not how one defines their self. The government wants to eliminate failure as an option. Problem is it has traded mediocrity for it. Even the greatest in history have failed and learned from their mistakes.[/quote]

As far as the god statement on the currency it is relatively a recent addition. The founders would never have permitted it to happen.

Dogman Loc: Michigan

Gunslinger is correct. State sponsered university, not a private college. They had two choices, different image or remove the crosses. You can bet they wished they used a different picture of the student section.

Dogman

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

It has always been freedom from religion, the very concept was designed to create a wall between the functions of government and the functions of religion. Who are the masses you reference? Who has taken "their" country? The last time I looked it was our country everyone of us. This is not a country of us and them. However, if you believe it to be a country of us and them then you are most likely one of the "them" because the rest of us like our Constitution and will not stand for the likes of you tearing it down to put your faith-based agenda in its place. Now, that I have cleared that up I would suggest you read the constitution and ask questions before you publicly rebuke its meaning embarrassing yourself in the process.

bygeorge Loc: Fl.<N.J.<Fl.

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Dogman Loc: Michigan

As far as the god statement on the currency it is relatively a recent addition. The founders would never have permitted it to happen.[/quote]

Wikipedia "In God we trust" has appeared on U.S. coins since 1864[3] and on paper currency since 1957.[4] Some secularists object to its use.[5]

Dogman

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Or maybe they didn't want it took appear that the students in the school were goofy since they were painting their bodies. I always wonder about the mental capacity of people that go to those extremes to make their point.

ngc1514 Loc: Atlanta, Ga., Lancaster, Oh. and Stuart, Fl.

All this kvetching by the religionists sounds like they are realizing that the United States was the first purely secular government in the history of the world and it's becoming more so with each passing decade.

Religion was a mighty force back in the early days of the nation; it has been reduced to whining about photoshopping out a few symbols on the painted on the bodies of some possibly drunk students. Or the inability to put the little baby and sheep show on in a public park.

The dechristianization of the nation continues apace.

Thank god.

Gnslngr

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DougW Loc: SoCal

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