The atheist assault on Christianity continues at a breathtaking pace.
Their latest demand – stop praying at college football games, or we’ll sue.
And some liberal schools are backing down.
Virginia Tech is the latest to bow to pressure from an atheist legal organization, submitting to the demands the school stop helping chaplains to attend games with the football team.
The southern school has announced they will no longer give so-called “preferred access” to the school’s football bowl games, which lets chaplains travel with the team and join them on the sidelines for prayers.
Virginia Tech has also demanded chaplains reimburse the institution for travel expenses to the 2014 Military Bowl.
It doesn’t stop there. Now the atheists have announced a South Carolina college football team as their next target.
The atheist group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, is publicly complaining about one of the University of South Carolina’s football team’s coaches, Adrian Depres. FFRF claims Depres’ modest salary – a mere $5,400 a year – and his travel expenses shouldn’t be paid for by the school because Depres leads team prayers and counsels players.
Former head coach Steve Spurrier spoke of Depres saying, “He preaches the Word – the gospel … what we all need to hear.”
The FFRF could threaten a lawsuit to get Depres fired for this preaching.
The atheist group the freedom from religion foundation does exactly what they say there is no freedom because they only think they are right. These people have no right to object to a coach who counsels his players and prays with them. Where is this coach freedom? Every one listens to the haters the group who will prevent you from praying. Well I for one thinks it is our freedom to pray and if you do not want to than don’t but do not start objecting and preventing others who do believe in praying. It is about time that we tell these haters to mind their own business.
Very well said! There is no such thing as”separation of church and state” The Amendment was written to keep the Government from establishing a National Religion that would force people to adhere to it instead of having the Freedom to choose for themselves which religion to belong to. Anyone that lets these organizations of Hatred like the FFRF tell them what or when or where they can pray had better get ready to let them tell you what Religion to belong to. We MUST STOP these atheist Hate Groups!
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OOPS. Well, Eliza, Jeff and Justin, My lengthy, carefully thought out rebuttal of your ridiculous religious claims based on Dark Age, (and before) superstitions have miraculously disappeared.
It must have an act of God. I give up on this one. You win.
OOPS. Well, Eliza, Jeff and Justin, My lengthy, carefully thought out rebuttal of your ridiculous religious claims based on Dark Age, (and before) superstitions have miraculously disappeared.
It must have been an act of God. I give up on this one. You win.
The Freedom From Religion gang’s goal is to force their atheism on everyone else. I have no problem with a person who chooses not to believe in God. That’s their call. I do have a problem with atheists who seek to force their unbelief on everyone else.
I don’t believe in the easter bunny. I don’t waste my time going around trying to get EB banned from schools, stores and government displays. I have better things to do with my life. The Freedom From Religion group need to develop a similar mindset. FFR doesn’t want others to force their belief in God on them; FFR should not try to force their lack of faith on everyone else.
This group does not advocate freedom in any form. They are about forcing their beliefs on everyone else.
This shows that the land once spoke of in such high regards as to the Freedoms of its people has fallen and no longer exist on this planet. This goes back to the so call freedom of speech and the freedom to happiness. Now that all these schools are bowing down, showing that they have on backbone would make all those that died all around this world to protect these freedoms roll over in their graves, shame shame on you all you might as well close the doors. if you do not want to pray that is your right. Just as if you want to pray it is your right to do so any time any where….. The problem in this country is that the faith in Christianity with in this country is very very very weak, they stand up for the wrong things or the simplest things thus making it ripe for attack. it is sad and a shame to see that all those television evangelists of Christianity all over this country is sitting back and letting these people openly attack their faith. Thing like this hows this generation that the Christian faith is no real worth anything in this country….(NO MONEY INVOLVED SO LETS SIT BACK AND WATCH OUR FAITH GET DESTROYED) the Government should not get involved ( keep State and Church separate ) Television evangelist where the hell are you hiding.
Far from being an attack on Christianity, banning of official prayer at non-religious public functions is a long overdue ASSERTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM in America. If you want to talk in terms of “attack,” having such prayers foisted on them has always constituted an attack on the religious freedom of non-Christian Americans, whether they adhere to some other religion or to none. Please stop thinking that your Christianity somehow affords you special privileges.
Anymouse, you have a right to be an atheist and I have a right to be a Christian. Don’t tread on me and I wont on you. Wait and someday you will see every knee bow. I guess that that will be your problem then!
The Bill of rights or the Constitution has nothing to say as “The separation of church and state. That is man made. It simply says that there can be no intervention on how a person worships as they please. Congress shall make no law having a state or government religion. That’s it. There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It’s that simple!
But WHY do all you believers (Muslim,Jew,Christian etc.) WANT this god of yours to exist? Do you ever think it through? No. You want god to exist so that you can go to “heaven”. In other words,you are purely concerned for your own self-survival after death. WHAT is the purpose of a god? None. Stop wanting all this comforting “secure” nonsense.
Jesus Christ loves you, he wants you to be a better person, love your neighbor, love your family , loves your country, love people that do not believe, that is what Christianity is all about, a true Christian is not interested in winning a discussion but on the unbelievers to realize that we need the help of the Holy Spirit to be able to love others and help others. May the Lord Jesus bless you and allow you to come to him in Christ name, amen
“Man made” John Cahill? The U.S. Constitution and Bill of rights are man made. You must be thinking of the Ten commandments or the Beatitudes brother. The founding fathers were not Yahweh, Moses nor Jesus of Nazareth.