Comments on: FHSAA Seeks To Sack Lawsuit Over Football Game Prayer http://www.northescambia.com/2016/10/fhsaa-seeks-to-sack-lawsuit-over-football-game-prayer Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://www.northescambia.com/2016/10/fhsaa-seeks-to-sack-lawsuit-over-football-game-prayer/comment-page-1#comment-331497 Dan Sat, 22 Oct 2016 18:52:53 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=266961#comment-331497 DOER: That's a false equivalency... Trying to make a comparison of broadcasting a Christian prayer over a loudspeaker to the Corporate sponsor is not comparable in the least. I'm not even sure how they can attempt to draw some imaginary line connecting the two... Trying to compare religion(which different cultures and people have literally destroyed one another over for millennia including to this day) and advertising which car to buy or who serves a better hamburger is ridiculous to try and make a direct correlation to. No one is chopping peoples heads off because they drive a Chevy vs a Ford. It's deeply personal and influences everyday lives for many. The US Constitution guarantees Freedom of religion but the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment has very specific rules regarding the promotion and expression of religion at institutions of higher learning for very good reason. It's a slippery slope. I would be willing to bet most of the local residents would be in a near riot if a Muslim prayer were to be broadcast over a loudspeaker at any school here. I understand that these two schools are religiously affiliated and therefore were allowed to have school officials lead the prayers, just not over speaker. Does anyone believe their Diety could not hear the prayer bc it wasn't amplified? The FHSAA is bound by certain rules regarding prayer bc of the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment... The article even correctly points out that both schools have plenty of other options regarding prayer. Being that they are both religiously affiliated they have more latitude than secular public schools regarding prayer, however FHSAA ruled it cannot be over a loudspeaker. DOER: That’s a false equivalency… Trying to make a comparison of broadcasting a Christian prayer over a loudspeaker to the Corporate sponsor is not comparable in the least. I’m not even sure how they can attempt to draw some imaginary line connecting the two… Trying to compare religion(which different cultures and people have literally destroyed one another over for millennia including to this day) and advertising which car to buy or who serves a better hamburger is ridiculous to try and make a direct correlation to. No one is chopping peoples heads off because they drive a Chevy vs a Ford. It’s deeply personal and influences everyday lives for many. The US Constitution guarantees Freedom of religion but the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment has very specific rules regarding the promotion and expression of religion at institutions of higher learning for very good reason. It’s a slippery slope. I would be willing to bet most of the local residents would be in a near riot if a Muslim prayer were to be broadcast over a loudspeaker at any school here. I understand that these two schools are religiously affiliated and therefore were allowed to have school officials lead the prayers, just not over speaker. Does anyone believe their Diety could not hear the prayer bc it wasn’t amplified?
The FHSAA is bound by certain rules regarding prayer bc of the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment… The article even correctly points out that both schools have plenty of other options regarding prayer. Being that they are both religiously affiliated they have more latitude than secular public schools regarding prayer, however FHSAA ruled it cannot be over a loudspeaker.

]]> By: KMA http://www.northescambia.com/2016/10/fhsaa-seeks-to-sack-lawsuit-over-football-game-prayer/comment-page-1#comment-331470 KMA Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:10:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=266961#comment-331470 So, it's considered state-sponsored prayer only if it's amplified in some manner? How about if somebody just prays really loud? I don't have a dog in this fight, but it seems a really peculiar argument. I could see the extension of this thinking into any prayer at state-sponsored events. Like those prayer-at-the-flagpole events...nobody's stopping people from praying, but it is on school property, using public resources, etc. So, it’s considered state-sponsored prayer only if it’s amplified in some manner? How about if somebody just prays really loud?

I don’t have a dog in this fight, but it seems a really peculiar argument.

I could see the extension of this thinking into any prayer at state-sponsored events. Like those prayer-at-the-flagpole events…nobody’s stopping people from praying, but it is on school property, using public resources, etc.

]]> By: The DOER http://www.northescambia.com/2016/10/fhsaa-seeks-to-sack-lawsuit-over-football-game-prayer/comment-page-1#comment-331444 The DOER Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:15:01 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=266961#comment-331444 This is such an important case. If secular advertising, corporate sponsorship is allowed to be broadcast over the load speaker, then religious speech can be too. Religious speech is definitely being singled out and discriminated against here. This is indeed content-based selective discrimination. This is such an important case. If secular advertising, corporate sponsorship is allowed to be broadcast over the load speaker, then religious speech can be too. Religious speech is definitely being singled out and discriminated against here. This is indeed content-based selective discrimination.

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