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In response to "For starters, less than half the team attended in the first place, and less than half those who attended voluntarily came forward to be baptized." by Ender

It amazes me that you are okay with subterfuge as a way of promoting religion. Parents were NOT consulted. End of story.

Posted by TWuG Sep 9 '09, 06:50

It was not the pastor's place, it was not the coach's place, it was not the school administration's place to decide that this was a proper activity.

That rests solely with the parents. Who were NOT consulted.

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Exactly. If a coach had taken a kid to church IN the county, no baptism, parents should be livid. And he went so much further. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:04
It was a Baptism, so it's ok. If it had been a Muslin practice, he'd be all up in arms - BB Sep 9, 06:59 6
- Fuck you. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:05 5
  - Clever response. -- nm - BB Sep 9, 07:07 4
    - What did you expect? You put words in my mouth and intimated that I'm a hypocrite and a bigot. That doesn't call for a well reasoned 3 paragraph response. I stand by it. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:08 3
      - Good for you. - BB Sep 9, 07:09 2
        
        I repeat, fuck you. You clearly don't know me or what I think and I won't dignify your ill-informed vitriol with an actual response. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:14 1
        
        You know the board rolled, right? -- nm - BB Sep 9, 07:16
I don't think the subterfuge was on the coach's part. - Ender Sep 9, 06:57 9
- However, the coach clearly didn't verify with parents it was ok. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:06
- Which does nothing to change the fact that the service was out of line in the first place and the coach and superintendent had NO business organizing - TWuG Sep 9, 07:05 7
  - That's why it wasn't an organized, school sanctioned activity. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:09 6
    - The superintendent was there. The coach used a school bus. - Pope Benedict XVI Sep 9, 07:16 1
      - SFAN! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 07:16
    - it was done as a team, organized by the coach. School organization, school authority. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:14 3
      - It wasn't done "as a team", over half the team decided not to go. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:18 2
        
        20 players went. That's pretty much a team to me. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 07:19 1
        
        Then your team's gonna get it's ass handed to them by a real team. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:26

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It amazes me that you are okay with subterfuge as a way of promoting religion. Parents were NOT consulted. End of story.

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