Getting saved in a public school

This comes from Rob Boston, in an article titled, "A Tale Of Two School Districts: How To Deal With Religion In Public Education", which you will find at Talk 2 Action.

I will deal only with the first story, which I'm afraid exemplifies the kind of thing that is taking place in numerous school districts in our country.

The football coach of Breckinridge County High School, in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, one Scott Mooney, invited his players to attend an event he said "would include a steak dinner and a motivational speech."

That was a lie. But Mooney, being a "true" christianist, believes that the ends justify the means. So, on a school bus, he transported 2o players to his church, the Franklin Crossroads Baptist Church, where a "revival" was underway and where they were subjected to an "evangelistic" rant, and where "a number of them were baptized."

Parental permission was neither requested nor granted.

One parent, Michelle Ammons, whose son was baptized, is understandably angry.

The school superintendent, Janet Meeks, is not. No big deal, saith she. She's also, conveniently, a member of the Franklin Crossroads Baptist Church. She "told the Louisville Courier-Journal that even though a school bus was used, attendance was voluntary and another coach paid for the gas."

"'None of the players were rewarded for going and none were punished for not going," said Ms. Meeks.


Where do these pinheads come from and how do they get to be football coaches and superintendents in our public schools?

How would they react if a school where their children attended had a Buddhist football coach who took his players to a Buddhist religious ceremony where they were invited to become Buddhist monks?

In fact, this "salvation" event in connection with a public school is a crime! Both the coach and the superintendent should be fired forthwith!


There's more here. And here.