Religious Discrimination in the USA

Flint · 03-30-2007, 08:51 AM

A student in North Carolina was suspended from school because of his religious beliefs. Although religious beliefs are not explicitly disouraged, it appears one has to adhere to the correct religion, to avoid being singled out and harassed.

School officials claim that their "decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits." Clearly some mandatory sensitivity training is in order here. They should have known that Pastafarians "acknowledge pirates as being 'absolute divine beings', and stress that the worldwide decline in the number of pirates has directly led to global warming."

I say: shame on you, hatemongers. It's people like this who want to undermine the values this great nation was founded on.

03-30-2007, 08:51 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Religious Discrimination in the USA A student in North Carolina was suspended from school because of his religious beliefs. Although religious beliefs are not explicitly disouraged, it appears one has to adhere to the correct religion, to avoid being singled out and harassed. School officials claim that their "decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits." Clearly some mandatory sensitivity training is in order here. They should have known that Pastafarians "acknowledge pirates as being 'absolute divine beings', and stress that the worldwide decline in the number of pirates has directly led to global warming." I say: shame on you, hatemongers. It's people like this who want to undermine the values this great nation was founded on. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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