UCLA student told she can't say 'Jesus'

[Jedi Knight]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100314

 

[Alive in Christ]

From the link...

"An adviser on the campus of UCLA has edited a student's personal graduation statement to remove her reference to "my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," citing policy in the Department of Molecular, Cell & Development Biology.

Word of the situation came from an Internet posting by Gordon Klingenschmitt, the former Navy chaplain who was removed from the military in a dispute over the use of Jesus' name in his prayers.

"This is another example of the improper application of separation of church and state," he told WND. "As a government school, UCLA cannot prohibit religious expression. They're the ones crossing the line here."

Nothing suprises me anymore in the country. Satan is working hard, and many in academia are doing his bidding.


I was however slightly encouraged by what came later in the article...

(again from the link)

"The university, however, did release a statement explaining the reading of the "words of wisdom" is done by a member of the school administration.

"Because the reading is by the university, not the students, to avoid the appearance that the university was advocating one religion over the other, guidelines were established so that messages would not include references to particular religions," the school stated. "The department and the university support the First Amendment and in no way intended to impinge upon any students' rights.

"Thus, upon review, and recognizing that the intent of the ceremony is for all students to have a chance to say something at graduation, the department will continue to make clear to the audience that the statements are the personal statements of each student and will read statements as originally submitted by the students," the school said."

How very gracious of them. :laugh:

(as if they needed the schools gracious permission to excercise their right of free speech)

 

[Jon-Marc]

I would be willing to bet that if someone used the name of any false god (or even thanked the devil) that no one would mind or say anything. However, the name of Jesus Christ has become nothing more than cuss words to many people.

I was watching a new TV doctor show recently (can't remember the name) and heard someone near the beginning use the name of Jesus Christ as profanity, and I immediately deleted it. I record everything I want to watch so that I can watch it at my leisure and fast forward through the commercials.

Another show I tried watching had the main character using the GD phrase twice right at the beginning, and I haven't watched it again since. With the increased use of profanity on TV, it's getting so that there is very little fit to watch.