cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:53 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:04 pm
Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:29 pm
Do you read anything anyone posts?
no, he simply spots off longwinded screeds without doing bothering to do his homework. Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but popping off at others without even bothering to read what anyone else has said...well, we can picture a cranky old guy in his basement who would be better off out tilling the garden or walking the dog...spring needs to come soon for him...
cradle, here's the brief from the school:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/ ... 0FINAL.pdf
What you talking about Willis?? You want to criticize me for being long-winded?? Pot meet kettle. I can spout off in 2 paragraphs. You could never condense your spouting to that level on your best day.
Too cold to rototill the garden. This weekend is suppose to be sunny and mild. I may grab a couple of bundles of peat moss and till it in. Roxy is my sweetheart. She has a history that even a cold hearted orb like yourself would respect. She was abused/neglected and spent the 1st 2 years of her life being barepawed and pregnant. When she came to rescued treasures she was scared and pregnant.She gave birth to 8 pups, 1 did not make it. Two weeks later her foster parents took in 8 abandoned puppies. My little Roxy nursed those pups as if they were her own. So when you make fun of me about her, remember this.. if more humans possessed the capacity for love and unselfishness that she does, the world would be a much better place. As I write this she is staring up at me pawing at my leg. Time for our stroll. You can go back to spewing your anger and hatred towards trump and your party. This old guy has more important things to do...
I'm glad you got my joke about long-winded.
I also know your love of Roxy and your pleasure in your gardens.
We share a number of such common pleasures. Just a reminder.
I provided the brief, so that you could read it for yourself rather than simply rejecting reading an article from a source you refuse to read.
Your fundamental presumption that there was no coercion, thus the exact same as the experiences you recounted, is simply mistaken. The testimony in the case was that the coach made his players feel pressure to participate and actually retaliated against one who did not. The coach is definitely in a power position and is a representative of the State. The school was clear that a private prayer was perfectly acceptable but nothing that implied pressure on others to participate. It was only when the coach ratcheted up such public display and pressure that he was fired.
I quite agreed with your comment that such a coach would be better suited to a private school setting in which such a religious display was part of the school's mission. Not an instrument of the State.
The current SCOTUS may nevertheless decide to rule on the coach's behalf, which would be a quite serious departure from all precedent and would open up a very large can of worms for all sorts of religious coercion in various State settings. Or they may not.