Comments on: NHS Baccalaureate Service Scheduled Despite ACLU, Court Order

By: Colton Kawamura

Colton Kawamura — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:18:10 +0000

As the President of the class of 2008 in NHS, I had a little problem with this during our time up to bat. But it was solved by simply making the service voluntary. I’m not sure why they would make such a big deal of it just one year later, but I hope the class of 2009 will solve it.

—Colton

By: K

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:30:44 +0000

What about people who believe in God, but are of a different religion? Is it fair to tell them to “stay at home”? I certainly do not think so. What scriptures will they be reading? Will they be out of the Bible? Which version? Not all people who believe in God read the Bible.

A baccalaureate service is a celebration which honors a graduating senior class from a college or high school. The event is often, but not necessarily, of a religious nature, almost invariably Christian.

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and claimed by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

By: sel

sel — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:00:19 +0000

The baccalaureate service at a church is a wonderful choice and yes seems like the perfect place. However, the tradition of the service is usually held at school. For the schools (students) that want it held at school they should be allowed to have it there. The students (parents) that do not believe in GOD should be allowed to stay at home. The Christian students should not be the ones to have to pay the price for someone elses misfortune. For the ones of us that do believe in GOD, he is our everything and we can’t live without him. He’s part of our family and therefore he should be included in whatever we wish for him to be.

By: My 2 cents

My 2 cents — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:49:38 +0000

Why do people stick their heads in holes and refuse to see what is going on. The federal judge didn’t order God out of anyones lives.
It is an order to put the beliefs of people into the churchs or whatever where they belong. NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS. There is much diversity in the students
.
How fast would everyone run to the schools and courts if you had a teacher like CHARLES MANSON in the school teaching your children his beliefs
.
Or someone like DAVID KORESH teaching his beliefs to your child.

They don’t belong in the school. Where someone elses child of another religion might have to be pushed into listening to something they don’t believe.

By: J. Powe

J. Powe — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:32:11 +0000

I am proud to be the mother of a former Northview graduate (class of 2004). Kyle went to be with the Lord on Oct. 7, 2006, and because of his belief in the life after this one, we as his family and friends have some peace to see us through our sad times of missing him. One of our most precious memories of his time here with us was his Bacculaureate service. I as a christian mother, thank anyone who believes there is a better place than this world, and who encourages our youth to hope for a better place. I can only say, the more God has been taken out of our lives, no matter where that might be, the worse it seems to get. I can only state to our youth at Northview who choose to attend this special service, God bless you and he will do just that!

By: J. Powe

J. Powe — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:50:30 +0000

The more the courts and the ACLU try to distroy Christianity the stronger the faith
of the rightous will become. The war was won 2000 yrs. ago on a hill in Jerusalem and any “victory” the atheist get now is no more than a minor skirmish.

By: Proud to be a Christian

Proud to be a Christian — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:41:33 +0000

I wish to encourage not just the students and their families, but ALL school employees and citizens of our area to attend this Baccalaureate. There is NO law that states a school employee cannot attend these services, so I feel that we should all participate. Christians should “make a stand” and pray about these issues and for the spiritually blinded ACLU. Have you noticed that in the aftermath of a tragedy at a public school (such as Columbine massacre, etc) that the students and school officials encourage and request Christians to come and pray and counsel the students? Sadly, many people do not realize how much they need Jesus until something terrible happens. I am so proud of the students at NHS and for everyone involved in organizing this service. Please, attend this service and PRAY!!!

By: A Daddy

A Daddy — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:15:01 +0000

Praise God -for those who have faith and for standing strong for our Lord-who was sent by our heavenly Father to redeem us from the curse of sin and death!
We are living in the the times just before the terrible time-lets do our best to proclaim the soon coming king of kings! We should not be surprised or upset by any of this-it must grow much darker before we see the Son! If people don’t like what we of faith write here-then don’t read it! I read every opinion and take the bad with the good! Stand strong soldiers of the Cross-there are many of us out there! A Daddy

By: Angela Rowell

Angela Rowell — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:29:59 +0000

I am certainly proud of these students for going forward with their Baccalaureate services, however having these services at a local church is not a “new” thing. Due to similar circumstances my graduating class, EWHS Class of 1990 also held our Baccalaureate services at a local church, The Atmore Baptist Temple. My congratulations to all local graduates!

By: J

Wed, 13 May 2009 04:34:48 +0000

Give God The Glory!!!! Any day He is the reason we live in a Free Country!!! By the way God Bless Our Men And Women over Sea’s and May God bring them Home Safe!!!!