Christian Rock Band Banned

I think it should be left up to the student body. This is a high school correct? The students are old enough to know what kind of music they would like to have and this program is geared for them. They should have the right to decide what they would like to listen to. They know what it means to vote, the vote for their student body representatives, so I think they should be allowed to vote for the kind of music they would like performed at this program.

Dawn

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My thoughts:

Technically, it's not a violation of the first amendment, as there's nothing about the creation of a law being involved, but it's still something being done, that's religious, in a public place. Whether it be a religious symbol, the displaying of a plaque that has the ten commandments, ect., playing Xian music, it violates the separation of church and state. And that it doesn't violate the first amendment is not what matters, what matters is the principle of the thing. Public schools are government owned, and in a nation its government is the most powerful body that exists. If institutions under that government start allowing a certain religion to influence them in the form of prayer, music, or whatever, than that religion is given some of the power that comes from the strongest body in that nation -- the government -- which can be a lot.

As a result, one religion becomes dominant over the rest. The first amendment wasn't created to limit the freedom of religion or to "protect" people from religion, but rather to protect different religions from one another. It's like a giant hand keeping them in separate corners, away from each other, so they won't fight. Because if one religion becomes dominant over the rest, which is what would happen if Xianity had too much influence in public schools and other gov. organizations, then those other religions would loose their freedoms. Hence, religious freedom is lost, when one actually thought it was supposed to have been gained. What it actually does is give people the impression that the religion in question is the "right" or "true" religion and all others are false because the gov. backs it. So more or less it's like restricting the freedom of thought of people who are adherents of other religions. And.. if it gets bad enough, then it actually does physically limit the rights of people who are of other religions and some sciences (evolution, abiogenesis, archeological theories...).

>According to some parents, they were surprised a public school would even consider having a Christian rock band perform.

I'm surprised, too. That band should've seen it coming a mile away. I see what you're saying about them only being able to play in churches, but they can play in clubs, too..... Anywhere really. There's lots of places. It's not like Xian bands can't be successful outside of public schools, or that public schools are the only places they can play. I can go to Wally World right now and find tons of successful Xian artists in the electronics dept.

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If a band can be excluded because their music employs
Christian language which might offend nonChristians, why
can't gays be excluded because their language offends
straights, or blacks because their language offends whites,
or.... etc, etc.

If all music lyrics must be non-offensive to everybody, there
will be no music lyrics.

What actually happens is the school systems get threatened
by the ACLU with court battles. They don't want to expend
their funds on battling the ACLU so they just avoid the
conflict by banning the band.

It's the easier way out.

BTW, can anybody tell me how to open my user profile so I
can change my password and update some stuff?

Grace to you,
Karl Sandberg
karlsandberg.faithweb.com

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