Darth J wrote:Droopy, let's say a high school whose student body is overwhelmingly Christian allows prayers at the start of football games that are led by students and given by students. The prayers end up being entirely Christian prayers. A tiny minority of the student body is offended by this, claiming that it imposes Christianity on them and causes them to be treated as outcasts by other students. Would it be right for one or two students to have a federal judge prohibit the school from allowing these prayers because it is offensive to those one or two students and imposes Christian religious beliefs on them? I say yes, because it would violate the Establishment Clause.
Your opinion?
Grow up, get a life, and get over it.
I see. That's what you think the Mormon family in this situation should have done?
Respondents [the plaintiffs in the civil rights lawsuit, against whom the school district was appealing to the Supreme Court] are two sets of current or former students and their respective mothers. One family is Mormon and the other is Catholic. The District Court permitted respondents (Does) to litigate anonymously to protect them from intimidation or harassment.
What a lot of vile anti-Mormons we have around here. Now Droopy thinks that Mormons who are being discriminated against because of their religion need to grow up and get a life.
Darth J wrote: Droopy, let's say a high school whose student body is overwhelmingly Christian allows prayers at the start of football games that are led by students and given by students. The prayers end up being entirely Christian prayers. A tiny minority of the student body is offended by this, claiming that it imposes Christianity on them and causes them to be treated as outcasts by other students. Would it be right for one or two students to have a federal judge prohibit the school from allowing these prayers because it is offensive to those one or two students and imposes Christian religious beliefs on them? I say yes, because it would violate the Establishment Clause.
Your opinion?
I am not Droopy, but I say no. (Incidentally, I suspect you have in mind the case where a Mormon mom sued on behalf of her children. Unfortunately, I do not think Droopy will answer you, thus depriving you of the opportunity to use it to pounce on him.)
Good to know. Therefore, if a traditional Christian family moves to Utah, and the Mormon majority of the student body at their high school is imposing LDS beliefs on them and favoring LDS beliefs over other religions, those traditional Christians just need to suck it up.
Therefore, a high school football team in Michigan whose players are predominantly Muslim should be able to force any Christian players to observe Muslim religious traditions.