This is from my hometown, a typical middle class small town, so saying I’m annoyed is an understatement.
The ACLU doesn’t go around trolling schools to target and harass. A liberal with children attending Glenview Elementary School in Haddon Heights, NJ or knows of its tradition to say God Bless America after students recite the Pledge of Allegiance, in honor of 9/11, had to have ratted the school out.
What is it with you liberals and your hate towards saying “God Bless America”? Like the mother interviewed asks “what’s next”, making kids stop saying the pledge because “under God” is in it?
For the record the argument of the separation of church and state was to keep government out not the other way around. The school administration and majority of families are okay with this why should it change over one or two (assume) families that complained? If you atheists and libs don’t like it don’t say it shut your mouth. Whether you like it or not this country was founded on Judea-Christian beliefs!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
ACLU Wants Students at NJ Elementary School to Stop Saying ‘God Bless America’
NBC Philadelphia
The American Civil Liberties Union called for an end to a South Jersey elementary school’s tradition of having students say “God bless America” after the Pledge of Allegiance.
The practice has been in place at Glenview Elementary School in Haddon Heights since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It changed this week, however, after the school received a complaint from the ACLU.
Glenview Elementary School Principal Sam Sassano sent a letter to parents alerting them of the ACLU’s concerns.
“A concern has been raised by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey that this practice in invoking God’s blessing as a daily ritual is unconstitutional and in violation of the Establishment Clause, since it allegedly promotes religious over non-religious beliefs, especially with young, impressionable children,” Sassano wrote. “On the other hand, it has been our view that the practice is fundamentally patriotic in nature and does not invoke or advance any religious message, despite the specific reference to God’s blessing.”
Sassano also said school officials were aware of the general usage of the term and claimed the question as to whether the phrase was more patriotic than religious has “no clear cut legal answer.”
Nonetheless, Sassano said the school administration decided to discontinue the practice in order to avoid a constitutional fight or legal fees.
“We will explore alternative methods of honoring the victims and first responders of the 9/11 tragedy,” Sassano wrote…read more