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Christian revival at public school prompts student walkout in West Virginia

Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:52 pm
Posted by L.A.
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:52 pm
WTF is this school thinking? Holding a religious revival service during school hours at a public school? Come on, man

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly.

When students arrived at the event in the school's auditorium, they were instructed to close their eyes and raise their arms in prayer, Mays said. The teens were asked to give their lives over to Jesus to find purpose and salvation. Those who did not follow the Bible would go to hell when they died, they were told.

abc news
Posted by chalmetteowl
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:54 pm to
It probably wouldn’t be right in New York but it sounds on brand for West Virginia
Posted by kingbob
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:55 pm to
Who possibly thought this would fly? I have no issue with christian events being held at public schools so long as they’re completely voluntary. I hope this story is exaggerated and has some wrong details, because it seems like this event was mandatory for these students, or that they were made to think it was.
Posted by the808bass
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:55 pm to
Imma wait for the fifth iteration of this story.
Posted by L.A.
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 1:56 pm to
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It probably wouldn’t be right in New York but it sounds on brand for West Virginia
Comes too close to a violation of the Establishment Clause for my taste, and that's a Constitutional issue, not a state issue
Posted by Nosevens
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:02 pm to
I’m not a fan of shoveling shitt down anyones throat . I’m also a fan of getting religion back into peoples life but by taking nonsense out of their life’s and inserting esteem and confidence in . But at least they didn’t offer up snakes there
Posted by jcaz
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:02 pm to
I would make my kid go and then sue. Frick these looney toons trying to spread their faith thru fear.
Posted by narddogg81
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:03 pm to
every day in public school is indoctrination of the youth with the woke religion of the left
Posted by L.A.
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:04 pm to
Posted by the808bass
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:04 pm to
Marxism is a religion. Anyone who says that it isn’t doesn’t understand Marxism.
Posted by L.A.
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:05 pm to
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every day in public school is indoctrination of the youth with the woke religion of the left
So the antidote to that is the religion of the right?
Posted by the808bass
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:05 pm to
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say some classmates were forced to attend a sermon from an evangelical Christian revival group during the school day


So who was forced and who wasn’t?

Not everyone was forced.
Posted by the808bass
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:06 pm to
No. Chill out eastern religion boy.
Posted by The Ostrich
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:06 pm to
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Who possibly thought this would fly? I have no issue with christian events being held at public schools so long as they’re completely voluntary. I hope this story is exaggerated and has some wrong details, because it seems like this event was mandatory for these students, or that they were made to think it was.


from article

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More than 1,000 students attend Huntington High. The mini revival took place last week during COMPASS, a daily, “noninstructional” break in the schedule during which students can study for tests, work on college prep or listen to guest speakers, said Cabell County Schools spokesperson Jedd Flowers.

Flowers said the event was voluntary, organized by the school’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He said there was supposed to be a signup sheet for students, but two teachers mistakenly brought their entire class.


sounds like the teachers fricked up the voluntary part
Posted by bayoudude
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:06 pm to
I have no problem with it if it was optional. My kids public school in south MS still prays before sporting events etc I have no problem with that. This country could use a little more Jesus.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:07 pm to
I don’t have a problem with any of that unless this part is true:

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were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly.


If they went voluntarily - there is no violation.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:13 pm to
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So the antidote to that is the religion of the right?


Wokism, among other things, fills a religious void in people’s lives.

It gives people purpose.

Humans need purpose, for men, once upon a time that was hunting and fishing to support our tribe, or going to war to protect it, but in the modern world, we almost never get to do that.

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So the antidote to that is the religion of the right?


Yes
This post was edited on 2/9/22 at 2:28 pm
Posted by dsides
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:14 pm to
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would make my kid go and then sue. Frick these looney toons trying to spread their faith thru fear


Sounds like covidians
Posted by NashvilleTider
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:15 pm to
We had this every year in my public high school - never hurt any one.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 2:17 pm to
I assume this revival was a long standing tradition
This post was edited on 2/9/22 at 2:22 pm
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