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- Browzer, on 04/16/2009, -1/+56I'm sick of people always complaining that "prayer is banned in school." Prayer is NOT banned in ANY school in the United States. What IS banned is school-sponsored prayer and specific blocks of time set aside for prayer during school ceremonies. Every student has a right to pray between class, during lunch, in the gym locker room, during study hall, etc... Pray on your own time, and stop expecting the whole world to revolve around your religious rituals.
- kh99, on 04/16/2009, -0/+23Of course they are (purposely) confusing two separate issues, whether or not the commencement ceremony should include a prayer, and whether or not porn can be shown on campus at all. When they start showing porn as part of the commencement or banning any prayer on campus, then you might have a story.
- bowens44, on 04/16/2009, -1/+22porn is certainly less harmful then religion.
- 0rion16, on 04/16/2009, -9/+26And another reason why I ignore articles from the examiner. These people are so far off the point on 90% of their stories its basically unreadable, and the other 10% is the same gun rights argument over and over and over and over, ad infinitum.
- myccconcio, on 04/15/2009, -3/+17What's happening out there? a 1st world country?
- smux, on 04/16/2009, -0/+14Great opinion! I hope the people begin to think like you.
- Pigeon, on 04/16/2009, -0/+12Keep religion out of schools. Teach about it but do not practise it.
Why the hell do you need to pray at graduation anyway? I would be offended anyway because I would think "So you graduated but are still stupid enough to believe a man written book contains the word of God." - chocula78, on 04/16/2009, -2/+13I prayed before every history test I took in school that I wouldn't fail. So, yes, prayer is VERY MUCH ALIVE in school.
- C0ntraRadical, on 04/16/2009, -0/+11How I choose to celebrate PALM Sunday is none of their business.
- Kaegro, on 04/16/2009, -0/+11Wheres the wisdom in the book of genesis? wheres the wisdom in exodus.
there is none. just lies. Universities are suposed to be places of higher learning, not backwards. - HAL90000, on 04/16/2009, -2/+12Awesome.
Also, am I going crazy or are diggers actually bemoaning the fact that someone chose porn over prayer? I am confused. - inactive, on 04/16/2009, -3/+12There was a choice to make there?
- aenemacanal, on 04/16/2009, -5/+13"The University of Maryland, which is a secular and taxpayer funded institution, has a Jewish Studies department. Didn’t Prof. Holum say that “there should be a wall… between the state and religion?” Where is he (or the student Senate) calling for the abolishment of the Jewish Studies department?"
he's right. if they're removing prayers from commencement, why not jewish studies as an academic course?
/***** - lordmike, on 04/16/2009, -0/+7Oh boy... there are going to be some wingnut heads explodin' over this one!
- noahhoward, on 04/16/2009, -0/+7"If you were more tolerant you'd convert to my religion to settle our differences".
Is that what I heard there? - kh99, on 04/16/2009, -3/+10Because the commencement ceremony is for everyone, but jewish studies are optional. Also, I suspect that jewish studies does not include any actual praying.
- inactive, on 04/16/2009, -0/+6Jesus dated a prostitute
- noahhoward, on 04/16/2009, -0/+5What about knuckle Tuesday, or Hump Day?
- borntoknit, on 04/15/2009, -3/+8so UC Davis did this a couple of weeks ago
- smux, on 04/16/2009, -1/+6This is a very good news! This is just the begining... I can't understand why people pray in public!!
- noahhoward, on 04/16/2009, -0/+4Ah, I see what you meant now.
A lot of it has to do with lingering traditions. For example, when I went to school in England (1989 or thereabouts) we had morning "prayer" there wasn't really a led prayer, but there was a minute where we were supposed to put our heads down and pray. It was a tradition from a time when England was essentially all one religion.
But with all the diversity we have now, the same concept just doesn't work. People still hang onto traditions, but they don't have the same place in public. - noahhoward, on 04/16/2009, -1/+5Because they're religious perhaps. There's nothing wrong with prayer as long as they're not forcing everyone else to take part.
- dorsey47, on 04/16/2009, -2/+6Yeah, its like a doctor seeing a patient has a severe head wound and is missing his scrotum, two completely different wounds, one cure: stop wrestling bears.
- Drewidian, on 04/16/2009, -1/+4Its about time someone got their priorities straight!
- Jaime2000, on 04/16/2009, -1/+4We need more good news like these.
- inactive, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3School prayer at a government run school is unconstitutional.
- Exhibitionist, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3I support porn. I oppose organized religion. +1 for the University of Maryland.
- prrudman, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3That was a quote from the article...
- smux, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3I'm agree with you. I mean.. why a person want pray in a collective way (like in this case) with people that think different? Because a big number of school prayer are a forced prayer. Why people want everybody think at the same way?
- bannonto, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3Sean O'Donnell is a Tool. The title infers that without religion we would all turn to porn to fill the void. What about all the Catholic Priests that turned to little boys because of the lack of porn in churches.
- Licurgo, on 04/16/2009, -1/+3***** you two of my friends die watching porn ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ (from natural causes)
- aduzik, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2Yes, reciting a prayer from a particular religion at a secular event does silence individual liberty.
- powatom, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2Not really, no.
- bannonto, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2A little old for porn don't you think?
- buddamus, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2I'm in the wrong university
- noahhoward, on 04/16/2009, -2/+4He was commenting on the line from the article, not agreeing with it.
- Wronghead, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2The article is *****. But I appreciate the outcome.
- chadsexingtime, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1comprehension fail
- Radan, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1@Prrudman:
I don't believe in a god, but I celebrate both Easter, Christmas, and many other Christian holidays. Does that make me religious? - weaksnyc, on 08/14/2009, -0/+1and knocked her up
- diptheria, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1You appreciate that a democratically elected student senate, who had a fair vote on a subject concerning the students they represent, and who are the driving force of the university, was overturned by the school's dictator...ermmm...I mean president?
- chadsexingtime, on 04/16/2009, -4/+5The most outrageous arguments against prayer at graduation is that it could offend someone or that everyone doesn't share the same religion. Doesn’t the school teach tolerance and diversity?
..I'd love to see the article by the examiner had the dean decided to offer a jewish or muslim prayer at a commencement - wacked, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Where does the porn come into this, really? Have they started up courses in "how to be a porn star?" This article is hilarious. The writer tries to argue for the continuation of prayer, yet fails miserably; particularly in saying "As an alumnus of Maryland, I am beginning to wonder if any learning is taking place on campus."
Reason has won against organized religion. Kudos to student Senate of the University of Maryland.
It's not like prayer is banned from the campus!
Keep faith to yourself and for yourself and bugger off with the preaching, thanks! - Jaime2000, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1@netdroid9: I am sure whether s/he did or not had more to do with the amount of hours spent studying than with the mentioned prayer.
- prrudman, on 04/16/2009, -1/+2Seriously? You think being Jewish is a cultural thing and not a religious thing?
- aduzik, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Studying Jewish history and culture is not the same thing as proseletyzing. I'll hazard a guess that this university is like every other state university and has a religious studies department.
- diptheria, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1While it's certainly funny to think that it was a choice between either prayer or porn, they are two seperate issues taken up by different groups at the university. Just because this poorly educated graduate/"journalist" of the University of Maryland conflates the two issues (freedom of speech and seperation of church and state) doesn't mean diggers here will be so reactionary and foolish...
- LouisCipher777, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1experience in reading the comments associated with various articles on Digg show us that diggers are exactly that.
- bsmang, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Prayer doesn't work. That's an absolutely true fact. And the best thing to do whenever you're in a room and expected to bow your head and pray with everyone else is to start whistling row, row, row your boat.
- duncan202, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Obviously they didn't have broadband connections.
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