4:00 - Christian Teacher Sues NY Public School District for Restricting Her Religious Speech
On June 22, 2012, Silver, a devout Christian who has taught
in the School District for seven years, received a “counseling letter” signed
by the superintendent. In the letter, the School District ordered Silver
to remove all religious items from her classroom, including, among other
things, a poster with an inspirational Bible verse superimposed over an
American flag and school books. The School District ordered Silver to
remove small, personal sticky notes that contained inspirational Bible quotes
and religious messages that she kept discreetly on her desk. To add
further insult, the School District informed Silver that if she needs “to
occasionally glance at inspirational Bible verses between classes during the
course of the day” she should “keep such material in a discreet folder that
only [she] will have access to” and only “so long as [she took] precautions not
to share it or disclose its content to [her] students or their parents or
guardians.” Her attorney, Rob Muise, is
with us.
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5:00 - The Immigration Debate is Not Complete Without Catholic Perspective
While Catholics were split politically in the last election, Catholics should stand together on immigration as an issue of human dignity. So says Kim Daniels of Catholic Voices USA. Kim joins us to talk about how we as Catholics have a duty to stand up and make Catholic Social Teaching a factor in the public debate on immigration reform.
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I heard all the standard pleas from Ms. Daniels about the illegal alien issue. When will it be pointed out to the person coming here illegally that they are stealing our jobs and dishonoring us by breaking into our country. Families can be kept together by having those here illegally return to their country. There is not any issue about immigrants that respect the rule of law. The church should teach people including those that would like to come to our country to respect the rule of law. The Church can assist them to return to their own country and assist them with their problems there.
ReplyDeleteAny other disregard of our laws is a call for open borders and chaos. Our church should stand for moral action as well as compassion.