The Praying Coach is Breaking The Law by Bowing His Head in Prayer
Posted: 05/12/2008
The Praying Coach
Kerby Anderson
Marcus Borden is a high school football coach in East Brunswich, New Jersey. He is also a recipient of the national Caring Coach of the Year award. And he is in lots of trouble. A spokesman for the ACLU says he has fostered a “destructive environment” for students. So what did he do to create such an environment?
He bowed his head silently during pre-game prayers. Sometimes he even silently knelt down on one knee. Now understand, he didn’t pray with the student football players. He merely showed his respect for them silently. But that was enough to set off anyone who believes in the separation of church and state.
One student athletic trainer said it best: “The tradition of student-initiated prayer goes back many, many years. I think with all that is wrong in our schools today, gun violence, bullying, promiscuity, etc. that the energy being spent on Marcus Borden bowing his head and taking a knee is a waste. Here is a man trying to support the youth in his care and be a positive role model and all these administrative yahoos can worry about is his presence in a room with his players while they pray.”
School officials passed a policy prohibiting school district representatives from participating in student-initiated prayer. They even ordered Borden to stand rather than take a knee and bow his head while his players recited pre-game prayers. If he disobeyed he would lose his job as coach and tenured teacher.
A federal district court judge ruled that the school district violated Borden’s constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of association, and academic freedom. But common sense didn’t last long. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned the decision and ruled that Borden could not take a knee.
This is discouraging. We need as many positive role models in high school athletics as we can get. Coach Borden set a positive example and should be applauded not punished. I’m Kerby Anderson, and that’s my point of view.
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Is he taking it to the long-Republican-promised-conservative Supreme Court? They have been buying our votes with promises for three decades, and we still have this problem??? When will we learn? If they give us what we want, they will lose their control over our votes. The Republicans want to keep us hanging on to them with promises, but they know not to give us what we want, or we might open our eyes and see what they are doing-and take our votes where they get more bang for the buck. Keep us posted. Click here to reply to this post
IF THERE IS WATER IN THE BOAT - DRILL HOLES IN THE BOTTOM TO LEAVE THE WATER OUT
Posted On: 05/14/08 12:04:06 AM
Age 64, OH
These idiots who call themselves administrators and judges would rather get rid of this coach and hire in his place one that would sexually molest the students. This nation has to be the stupidest nation that has ever existed. And our school system and our courts are prime examples of this stupidity. You will get the teachers that you look for. If you look for teachers that do not bow their head you will get teachers that do not bow. But of course that is why we have so many coaches who sexually molest the students. The stupid administrators are focusing on the wrong thing. What is the result; we have shootings, teachers being beat, teachers having sex with children, and the students can not think their way out of a wet paper bag with a machete. This nation is sinking and we have stupid people who are in charge that say " we have drilled holes in the bottom of the boat to leave the water out and now there is even more water in the boat. So we need to drill even more holes in the bottom to leave the water out faster". These people are so thick they will not even get this statement. The people need to rise up and throw these bums out. Lou Click here to reply to this post
Jesus threw the bums out of the temple
Posted On: 05/15/08 07:33:17 AM
Age 61, MO
Very good, Lou. Sounds like this article touched a nerve. I guess a person must wake up before they rise up. George Cancilla Click here to reply to this post
The time is soon to be upon us when God will make short work of political correctness. School administrators and those who support the ACLU will find their employment soon dried up for economic destitution. The coach who bowed his knee may not have a job, but then neither will they. George Cancilla Click here to reply to this post
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