From WND-New York Times: “Get churches out of public schools.”
That was the Times’ editorial on May 25, and it opened as follows:
“New York City prohibits the use of public school facilities for regular religious services. That policy makes sense for buildings that are used and maintained by taxpayers.”
But since the school buildings are vacant over weekends – when Muslims, Jews and Christians hold their principle services of worship – why should they (as taxpaying citizens) be denied the right to worship if they pay a rental fee for the premises and keep them clean and undamaged?
Does New York City prohibit all other non-school organizations from such school building use? Or is this only a discrimination against religion (which is illegal under the First Amendment)?
By way of full disclosure: During my years as an Episcopal priest and founder of new mission churches, we held services in public schools – for which we paid rent and whose property we kept undamaged and clean.
Read more at
http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/n-y-times-anti-religion-hysteria/#z94REbghL2JGmb62.99
1 comment:
WorldNutDaily: are you kidding me?
"Consider The Source"
Or, how about
"The Alleged 'NYT Anti-Religion Hysteria' Hysteria, Courtesy of WorldNetDaily"
[And no, religious groups---I'd include explicitly atheist groups among them---do NOT belong on public school property. That's Separation of Church&State 101, and the NYT is right in pointing that out. Not "anti-religious" in the least. Sheesh.]
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