West Virginia School system mandates Religious Training

[A fellow servant]

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/west-virginia-school-system-mandates-religious-18453062.php

Here is what we have observed many times where our young brothers and sisters are pressured to conform

[Parale]

1 hour ago, A fellow servant said:

Here is what we have observed many times where our young brothers and sisters are pressured to conform

 

Please explain what you mean.

[bagwell1987]

David, unless you subscribe to the newspaper you can't read the article. 

I found this paper that doesn't do that. Quite the article, huh? Preventing a Jewish student from leaving? 

https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/10/school-system-mandates-religious-training-as-part-of-lawsuit-settlement/#:~:text=(AP) — A West Virginia,students were required to attend.

[Sheep]

6 hours ago, bagwell1987 said:

David, unless you subscribe to the newspaper you can't read the article.

Interesting, Cheryl. I am not subscribed to David's cited newspaper but I can read it okay. (???) Maybe it's because I'm in Canada? Not sure.

 

Okay, I just found out: it doesn't work on Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Opera browsers, and likely others too. It does work in Mozilla Firefox (with uBlock Origin addon enabled).

Edited October 29, 2023 by Sheep

[Tortuga]

So, the title seems misleading, doesn't the article say the school got in trouble for mandating religious training? Which may have been a misunderstanding anyway?

[Qapla]

1 hour ago, Sheep said:

Okay, I just found out: it doesn't work on Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Opera browsers, and likely others too.

 

I was able to read the article just fine with my Edge browser on my PC

 

 

This part of the article helps illustrate the imbalance of this system:

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As part of the settlement, the families will also receive up to $1 each from the district, and each student plaintiff will receive a $2,000 scholarship from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nonprofit that represented them in court. Nearly $175,000 in attorney fees were paid for by the board’s insurer.

 

[bagwell1987]

2 hours ago, Sheep said:

Interesting, Cheryl. I am not subscribed to David's cited newspaper but I can read it okay. (???) Maybe it's because I'm in Canada? Not sure.

 

Okay, I just found out: it doesn't work on Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Opera browsers, and likely others too. It does work in Mozilla Firefox (with uBlock Origin addon enabled).

Must be me, I use Firefox but a dang pop up kept coming on and I couldn't get rid of it. 🤷‍♂️ oh well.

[Parale]

OK, so first, the West Virginia Board of Eduction is interesting in terms of our spiritual heritage.... so this post made my ears prick up!

 

https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/united-states/barnett-anniversary-20180614/

 

On 10/29/2023 at 1:19 PM, A fellow servant said:

Here is what we have observed many times where our young brothers and sisters are pressured to conform

 

I think that the mandated religious training is great, and will help our young brothers and sisters in the OP's BoE juristriction.

 

Here is the lawsuit that was settled:

https://ffrf.org/uploads/legal/Huntington16AmmendedComplaint.pdf

 

I understand that the policy that the BoE have agreed to regarding mandated religious training is:

https://ffrf.org/uploads/files/CCBOE Policy 8800.01.pdf

 

[GeordieGirl]

On 10/30/2023 at 6:02 AM, Sheep said:

Interesting, Cheryl. I am not subscribed to David's cited newspaper but I can read it okay. (???) Maybe it's because I'm in Canada? Not sure.

 

Okay, I just found out: it doesn't work on Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Opera browsers, and likely others too. It does work in Mozilla Firefox (with uBlock Origin addon enabled).

It opens perfectly in Chrome on my Samsung tablet.