The Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting the mascot of the Ken Caryl Middle School in Littleton, CO. The mascot is a Christian crusader.
In a March 2 letter sent to Dan McMinimee, the superintendent of Jeffco county public schools, FFR attorney Andrew Seidel argued that the mascot is an inappropriate symbol:
It is our understanding that the Ken Caryl Middle School mascot is "The Crusaders." KCMS depicts the mascot as a cloaked knight holding a shield and sword. There are red Latin crosses on both the knight's tunic and his shield. Please see the enclosed screenshot. A white mantle with a red cross is the unmistakable attire of a member of the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar, originally known as Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ sand the Temple of Solomon, were among the most feared fighting units of the Crusades.
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Idiots! Free the mascots!
ReplyDeleteFreedom OF religion is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, not freedom FROM religion. Even in a public school, if the community named their schools after religious saints or groups, it remains their right to do so.
ReplyDeleteWhat the Constitution DOES say is that Congress shall make no laws establishing... which includes Atheism.
So, to make a law preventing a school to drop its religious name is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
These people are so full of self hatred that they have to make big deals of nothing and create problems.
ReplyDeleteI've never spent that much time and energy trying to destroy something that I didn't think even existed. Maybe they do believe in God. They just hate Him.
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