The New Kensington-Arnold School
District (Pennsylvania) capitulated to the demands of a self-avowed, militant
atheist (Marie Schaub) who filed (in 2012) a federal lawsuit demanding the
district remove a massive Ten Commandments monument erected on a public high school
campus.
Ms. Schaub claimed the 6-foot-tall
stone monument posted outside Valley High School was a religious symbol and
therefore was a violation of the U.S. Constitution. “It’s unfortunate that many people in my
community don’t understand or appreciate the separation of church and state,
but I hope this settlement serves as an important lesson,” she told the Valley News Dispatch (VND). Schaub also claimed the monument was
offensive to herself and her daughter.
Makes you wonder which commandment she
found to be more offensive. Was it coveting
your neighbor’s ass or the one about graven images?
The school district has 30-days to
extricate the monument from the front lawn, and they also have to fork over
$164,000 in legal fees.
“We’re very pleased,” says attorney
Patrick Elliott of Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). Elliott told the VND, “It means that the Constitution is being followed by the school
district.”
The FFRF is a group of perpetually
offended atheists, agnostics and freethinkers based in Wisconsin. They intentionally bully and intimidate small
towns and communities in their quest to eradicate Christianity from the public
marketplace. They are truly an
unpleasant bunch of people.
District Superintendent John Pallone
told VND they agreed to settle the
lawsuit “in order to take the high road.”
He went on to say, “We compromised and agreed to remove the monument.”
That’s hardly a compromise! It’s more like appeasement!
The school district had an opportunity
to demonstrate to children how to defend our Constitutional rights. Instead, they chose to throw in the towel –
for the sake of expedience. And in doing
so – they violated what Fox News host
Todd Starnes calls the eleventh commandment: “Thou Shall Not Tucketh Tail and
Run.”
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
I don't know where to begin. Of course there was no violation of the Constitution here. Of course there is no separation of church and state mentioned in the Constitution. Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist's was only to assure them that they need not be concerned of government interference. The school district did not "follow the Constitution". They were bullied. FFRF's MO is to find small communities that can't afford to fight and bully them. This school district should not only refuse to remove the monument they should also refuse to pay a nickel in legal fees. The root of the problem is government schools. This monument should be offered to the nearest Christian school. One has to wonder if she has ever altered her trip to the grocery store because the direct route would take her past a church that may have a cross in front. Of course if she tried to sue the church she would lose and so her only recourse would be to alter her route or accept being offended. Her offence is just an excuse and the courts support her.
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