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Sep 10, 2009, 1:14:13 AM9/10/09
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On Sep 9, 8:13 pm, "STINGRAY" <sting...@notawingnutthankgod.com>
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> Mother furious high school coach had her son baptized
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> By Stephen C. Webster
>
> Published: September 8, 2009
>
> The mother of a Kentucky high school football player is furious over the
> Christian baptism of her son during what he said was supposed to be a school
> outing to eat a steak dinner and see a “motivational speaker.”
> Instead, Breckinridge County High School football coach Scott Mooney took 20
> of his players on a trip to a Baptist revival, where eight or nine of the
> students underwent the Christian ritual of baptism, according to published
> reports.
> Michelle Ammons, mother of 16-year-old Robert Coffee, said she’s upset that
> nobody ever asked her consent to take her son to the August 26 religious
> ceremony. She added that she’s even more upset with the school district
> superintendent Janet Meeks, who was at the revival and did not object to the
> coach including his students.
> “Nobody should push their faith on anybody else,” Ammons told the Louisville
> Courier-Journal.
> The Associated Press noted that Ammons has consulted a lawyer regarding her
> options in the matter.
> Meeks said she did not see anything wrong with the trip, as it was voluntary
> and fuel for the bus had been paid for by another coach, AP added.
> “None of the players were rewarded for going and none were punished for not
> going,” Meeks told the Courier-Journal.
> “The bottom line here is that public schools have no business meddling in
> the private religious lives of students,” says advocacy group Americans
> United for the Separation of Church and State. “Decisions about where, how,
> if and when to worship belong at home with the parents, who are free to
> consult with the religious leaders of their choice.”
>
> http://rawstory.com:80/08/news/2009/09/08/ky-football-coach-had-playe...
wrote:
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>
> Mother furious high school coach had her son baptized
>
> Share on Facebook
> By Stephen C. Webster
>
> Published: September 8, 2009
>
> The mother of a Kentucky high school football player is furious over the
> Christian baptism of her son during what he said was supposed to be a school
> outing to eat a steak dinner and see a “motivational speaker.”
> Instead, Breckinridge County High School football coach Scott Mooney took 20
> of his players on a trip to a Baptist revival, where eight or nine of the
> students underwent the Christian ritual of baptism, according to published
> reports.
> Michelle Ammons, mother of 16-year-old Robert Coffee, said she’s upset that
> nobody ever asked her consent to take her son to the August 26 religious
> ceremony. She added that she’s even more upset with the school district
> superintendent Janet Meeks, who was at the revival and did not object to the
> coach including his students.
> “Nobody should push their faith on anybody else,” Ammons told the Louisville
> Courier-Journal.
> The Associated Press noted that Ammons has consulted a lawyer regarding her
> options in the matter.
> Meeks said she did not see anything wrong with the trip, as it was voluntary
> and fuel for the bus had been paid for by another coach, AP added.
> “None of the players were rewarded for going and none were punished for not
> going,” Meeks told the Courier-Journal.
> “The bottom line here is that public schools have no business meddling in
> the private religious lives of students,” says advocacy group Americans
> United for the Separation of Church and State. “Decisions about where, how,
> if and when to worship belong at home with the parents, who are free to
> consult with the religious leaders of their choice.”
>
> http://rawstory.com:80/08/news/2009/09/08/ky-football-coach-had-playe...
No one has ever gone broke underestimating the stupidity of us
Americans.
This is just another5 case.
Hmmm, has anyine gone broke trusting HS Coaches to act the same?
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