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I AGREE with you, good buddy ~~~ some things the Court needs to abstain from ruling.
Commented: Monday, January 5th, 2015 @ 10:09 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Children need structure. An activist Supreme Court can, and should be overturned.
Children who are not Christian, or do not want to be Christian should not be forced to pray; however, others should be allowed to. The Beaufort County Commissioners prayed before each meeting (18 years of prayer for me), congress prays, state legislatures pray; how is this any different than children, who are willing, being led in prayer? Figure than one out.
Commented: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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You should have argued the case before the Supreme Court, Stan!!! They rule on the Constitutionality of religious practices. They ruled as they ruled.
I totally agree that forced prayer of the Christian type is unwise / no prayer or religion is stupid / in my wife's Rocky Mount school a Jewish boy was told he did not have to read the Christmas story. He said, "It didn't matter. His family owned and ran a store that enjoyed the profits of Christmas!" My mother, a teacher in metro Atlanta, did as she pleased in her classroom. After the court ruled she simply told her students that anyone offended by the Bible reading and prayer could step in the hallway for a bit . . . Nobody dictates to any American that we cannot pray. Your Conservatives contend such, BUT IT IS BS good buddy . . . 
Commented: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 4:06 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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If only that was true.
Actually, the First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Now tell me where this states that congress shall legislate that there be no prayer in schools because of some 'Separation of Church and State' context, which is not in the U.S. Constitution, that has become this massive Democrat fantasy that you, Gene, ascribe to. I will always contend that this Land is a Christian Land, and that Christians shall remain a tolerant people. We've come a long way since the Middle Ages.
Commented: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Congress shall make no laws concerning religion . . ." separates religion from politics, good buddy. Call it whatever you want.
Commented: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 10:48 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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There is a Democrat fantasy of some first Amendment provision stipulating a 'Separation of Church and State', where religion is to be denied in all forms from governing. It simply is not true.
What the First Amendment stipulates is that not one denomination shall not reign over the others, as it was in England, France and Spain and Italy, and even Germany, before the reformation really took hold, in those times of religious retribution. The United States of America is still a Christian nation whether you, Democrats, like it or not. That is the way it was, is, and will forever be. In America, you have freedom of religion, and as an individual, you have freedom from religion; however, one just can't legislate that the rest of us, Christians, must adhere to your codes of misunderstanding.
Commented: Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 @ 2:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Frankly, Stan, I fail to see much of anything Conservatives have "conserved."
I watched my beloved Southern Baptist Convention taken over by them. Their mantra was "the end justifies the means to it." Their hate and scheming have ended the NC Baptist State Convention. My beloved Seminary at Wake Forest is nothing but a clone of Jerry Falwell's hate factor in Lynchburg, VA. Dr. Bill Friday said when SEBTS was taken, "This is the most significant thing to happen in NC during the 20th Century." It is influencing politics as people are now told who they should vote for = ONLY CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES OF REPUBLICAN PARTY. The Separation of Church and State in NC is now ended . . . 
Commented: Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 @ 6:33 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Well, I really did not mention the Republicans, except for the RINOs, and they will always get the worst of it from me, because of their destructive tendencies.
You see RINOs are destroying the Republican party, while most elected Democrats are content with destroying the Republic. That is a sad fact.
Commented: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 8:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Stan---I think your are far too critical of Democrats AND far too adoring of Republicans. . .
Each party has changed over the years and, in some ways NOT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL. The Democratic Party has been PROGRESSIVE in the past with its desire to give "all men created equal" a modern place. The Republicans, on the other hand, claim to be Conservative, but are conserving little of the ideal of a collegial and debating legislative process. Where are the people of color on their spectrum? I see only token blacks and ethnics involved and given a place. I talked with many good black citizens in Rocky Mount who hate shiftlessness and thievery. They are sentenced to live in the same hood as drug gangs and flying bullets through the night. Many are sleeping in their tubs so those bullets won't kill them. They WANT some brutality applied to the drug problems of the hood. Lyndon Johnson sated when he signed the Voting Rights and War on Poverty legislation that Democrats could kiss the South goodbye for many years to come. That has turned out to be valid. This split is the direct result of white resistance to the points of the legislation to make society over in a hurry. We had a racial and societal problem we thought could be solved with law and money. We have proved "you can't legislate morality." You cannot force "liberty and justice for all" unless people are willing to apply such on ALL SIDES. Dreams of the Forefathers were not perfect from day 1. There is as much prejudice over ethnic groups in the North as with any black groups in the South. People simply trend to their own kind and want to rule without respect to OTHER SIDES, it seems to me . . . 
Commented: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 6:24 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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