A recent article reports: “The ACLU Foundation of Kansas & Western Missouri wrote Friday to Mark Crawford, superintendent of Hugoton Unified School District 210, asking him to cancel events scheduled for next week with the Oklahoma-based Creation Truth Foundation. ‘It’s been clear for at least the last 45 years that teaching creationism or promoting it is a violation of the Constitution,’ legal director Doug Bonney told The Topeka Capital-Journal. ‘When you invite a religious organization that is completely dedicated to the teaching of biblical creationism, that’s a violation of the First Amendment establishment clause.’”
First, the ACLU is great at making up stats like “It’s been clear for at least 45 years that teaching creationism…is a violation of the Constitution.” Not at all. Nice try though. Second, why is this such a problem? If it is acceptable to viewpoint groups – Planned Parenthood (abortion), Atheist, Evolutionist – speak to students, why can’t creationists? Doesn’t this qualify as viewpoint discrimination? If it’s government mandated for science classes to teach evolution, which is just an unprovable theory – why can’t they teach creationism? It’s no less a valid theory to be taught. Out society’s illogical hypocrisy grows. Click here for original article.
About Nathan Cherry
Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.
It is stunning to talk with people that believe same-sex “marriage” is the “end of the line” in the fight to redefine marriage. Unsuspecting or perhaps naïve is the best way to describe such a mentality. To believe that homosexual activists would simply seek to redefine marriage to include their lifestyle, while ignoring all other “alternative lifestyles” is simply absurd. The reality is that same-sex “marriage” is just another step in the process to erase the boundaries of what constitutes marriage and family.
I’ve been talking a lot this week about the legal discrimination that takes place each and every day around the country. We’re all part of it and we accept it without so much as a second thought. Sure, just think about the Girl Scouts not allowing boys into their club, that’s gender discrimination. Consider the WNBA not allowing men to compete, also gender discrimination. Or what about Catholic schools that won’t teach other faiths-that is religious discrimination. And we all know colleges only allow certain students into their establishment, that’s intellectual discrimination. Now that I’ve mentioned a couple of examples you’re starting to think about all the ways our society “discriminates” against itself.
Earlier this week I mentioned that I would be okay with some “healthy, reciprocal ‘discrimination’” in our society. I’m sure this might rub some people the wrong way as they fight to eradicate all discrimination. But the reality is there will always exist discrimination of varying degrees in our society. And not only is that okay, and acceptable, it is healthy.
Here we go, hang on! The slippery slope I’ve been talking about regarding marriage redefinition is now in full “slide mode” as we pick up speed toward a standard of immorality so low Attila the Hun would be offended. The essence of what I have been saying is that if the government decides to redefine marriage for one group, it will necessarily have to redefine it for every other group that storms Washington demanding their “rights.” If the government refuses, it will then be guilty of the same “discrimination” it now accuses traditional marriage proponents of.
