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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Sun Jul 19, 2015, 10:15 AM Jul 2015

Miss school dist defense: its officials don't understand 1st Amend

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Weak Defense: Miss. School District Punished For Coercive Prayer Violations Claims Its Officials Don’t Understand First Amendment

Ignorance is never an acceptable defense for violating the law. If district officials are genuinely incapable of understanding their responsibilities to students, they should look for a new line of work.

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https://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/weak-defense-miss-school-district-punished-for-coercive-prayer-violations

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Miss school dist defense: its officials don't understand 1st Amend (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP

After reading the article I must say, my future seems much brighter. I don't live in Mississippi. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #1

If the districts officials don't understand the 1st Amendment... HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #2

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

1. After reading the article I must say, my future seems much brighter. I don't live in Mississippi.

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Sun Jul 19, 2015, 10:22 AM

Jul 2015

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

2. If the districts officials don't understand the 1st Amendment...

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Sun Jul 19, 2015, 11:11 AM

Jul 2015

Then they're too stupid to be officials. It's not brain surgery, even a 6th grader should understand the Constitution.

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