TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUS High School Student Loses Scholarship Over Social Media Twerking Videowww.ndtv.comexternal-linkmessage-square301fedilinkarrow-up1816arrow-down123
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minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoA government funded state school has no right to push their Christian beliefs onto its students, which they clearly did, as quoted in the article. Luckily, they also have no backbone, as they immediately reinstated everything as soon as this hit the news.
minus-squareSolar Bear@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWe understand that. What you don’t understand is that we’re allowed to criticize what they value.
minus-squarewolfkin@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago@JasSmith @FlyingSquid it was a public school. And they cited religious beliefs as for why they were so offended. That’s a clear violation of church and state and while it’s certainly not new or unique it’s not defensible or right.
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A government funded state school has no right to push their Christian beliefs onto its students, which they clearly did, as quoted in the article.
Luckily, they also have no backbone, as they immediately reinstated everything as soon as this hit the news.
We understand that. What you don’t understand is that we’re allowed to criticize what they value.
@JasSmith @FlyingSquid it was a public school. And they cited religious beliefs as for why they were so offended. That’s a clear violation of church and state and while it’s certainly not new or unique it’s not defensible or right.