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Originally Posted by photon
You advocated civil disobedience for what was in your opinion a bad law, and said this kid was just disturbing things for standing up for what he thought was a good law.
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Photon nobody stands up for a law. Laws are restrictive at best if not down right punitive. You either bend to the law or resist it if you believe it to be unjustified.
What this kid did was invoke a law to restrict his peer's actions. That is ok if his peer's actions would somehow hurt him. I don't believe they would have; Nor do I believe that their actions would have cause discernable damage to that wall of separation between church and State. The core of my argument is that if no harm can be shown by some clergy saying a short prayer at graduation then the law is without merit and unjustifiably punitive.
I don't know if you've ever been to a southern style prayer meeting but, this young atheist could be in for a shock. I once stepped into one conducted by a group from North Carolina(sp). They don't pray in turn. They all pray at once and loudly. It is quite a shock if your not prepared.