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The Blaze is a conservative website that is very popular. Or so I was told by a man from the radio station in Lebanon, Missouri, who interviewed me about my objection to Principal Lowery’s goddy remarks at the Lebanon High School graduation. Doing my day job, I’m unaware of much of this fracas, but I’ve been … Continue reading Made it, ma: Top of The Blaze!
Like Hemant, I have received an email from a nonreligious Lebanon High School graduate (not the same one!)—one whose graduation ceremony was marred by the prayers of Principal Lowery. It details a history of religious inculcation in that school that goes far beyond the prayer uttered at graduation. For obvious reasons, I have kept the student’s … Continue reading Yet another Lebanon student writes in
Yesterday I posted a video of Kevin Lowery, the principal of Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Missouri, offering a prayer and a defense of our country’s religious foundations at his school’s graduation. That was clearly open defiance of our government’s ban on public schools endorsing religion. I also posted a list of publicly available email addresses for … Continue reading Lebanon, Missouri school board member responds to my First-Amendment concerns with snark and defiance
The principal of Lebanon High School has issued an apology that isn’t really an apology. I’ll post that shortly. First, I’ve received one more letter from a graduate of Lebanon High—one who wishes to be identified. I wrote her twice asking for confirmation, for we all know (viz., the Jessica Ahlquist affair) what can happen to … Continue reading Yet another Lebanon student opposes public prayer and the religiosity of Lebanon High
Below is a copy of the letter that the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent yesterday to the Superintendent of the Lebanon, Missouri School District, as well as to all members of the Lebanon School Board. The author, FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott, lays out on pages 2 and 3 the legal case (and the precedents) … Continue reading “Fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote”: The Freedom from Religion Foundation calls out Lebanon’s School Board and Superintendent
As far as I know, ever since the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) wrote to the Lebanon, Missouri school superintendent and school board, objecting to Lebanon High School principal Kenneth Lowery’s prayer to God at graduation, there has been no response. None, that is, except for Lowery’s two apologies, which weren’t really apologies because he … Continue reading A warning to Lebanon, Missouri: another state high school successfully sued for promoting religion
In the last day or so, I’ve been inundated with outraged mails and phone calls from people in Lebanon Missouri, upset because I criticized their high-school principal for preaching about God at the graduation ceremony. Their ire was fueled by some comments I made on the local radio station, as well as a piece in the conservative website The Blaze, … Continue reading The citizens of Lebanon, Missouri write and call in
UPDATE: I’m adding one comment I found on Facebook’s “Standing strong with Kevin Lowery” page: It’s unbelievable: these people feel uncomfortable UNLESS God is mentioned constantly—and, in this case, illegally. Sometimes I feel I’m living on a different planet from these people. ***** Here are a couple of comments from the Fox News story on Lebanon, … Continue reading “We Christians out number you”: more venom from Lebanon
