<p>^Agree. I appreciate the work the FFRF does to keep tabs on such things. Thank you for posting, Flossy.</p>
<p>I also agree. Great letter that tells it like it is and pulls no punches. This public school should have known the assembly could not be religious in nature.</p>
<p>Very glad that school is having it’s feet held to the fire. I am a public school teacher and I cannot even use Christmas decorations on a winter bulletin board. We take the separation of church and state very seriously. As we should. That school assembly was outrageous. I wonder if ANY of the staff members advised the principal against it or if they all just followed blindly.</p>
<p>While I don’t disagree in theory, is #TeamJahi necessarily religious in nature? Could it have been a contemporary version of “in Memory of our friend Jahi”?</p>
<p>I also thought the “imaginary friend in the sky” line was an uncalled-for way of phrasing things, even though I agree asking them to pray is inappropriate.</p>
<p>I wondered that about the T-shirts, Pizzagirl. I assume that the slogan that refers to praying is on the back of it? Agree with you about the friend in the sky remark.</p>
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<p>I think the timing and messages the family were giving the press was what made it different from,“In memory of our friend Jahi.” The mother claimed she wanted Jahi kept on the ventilator for religious reasons. Wearing a team Jahi t shirt shows support for that message.</p>
<p>I think it would have been appropriate for the school to send flowers, a sympathy “poster” signed by the students, etc…but not something that says,“we are supporting your belief that prayer will bring a dead person back to life.”</p>
<p>Good column on the appalling Texas case.
<a href=“Opinion | The Cruelest Pregnancy - The New York Times”>Opinion | The Cruelest Pregnancy - The New York Times;
<p>Uncle Omari is at the Seahawks game in Seattle.</p>
<p>Wonder if he’ll accuse the Seahawks of killing the 49’ers :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>That is, frankly, precise the way I think about it, and something I might say privately. I would never utter it in those circumstances. That sort of thing is a problem I have with the FFRF, although I have great sympathy for their views.</p>
<p>It’s just unnecessarily provocative IMO. It’s just going to get the school’s dander up. There’s enough “meat” in the FFRF position / letter without it.</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://instagram.com/p/jXmNkNopgY/]Instagram[/url”>⭕mari💥 on Instagram: "Look who I found!!! Its my attorney/brother/friend Chris Dolan!!!"]Instagram[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Here they are at the game. Odd.</p>
<p>Brand new OP-ED just posted a few minutes ago from the LA Times, this time written by Chris Dolan. One of the people commenting has already said something about them being at the game last night. They want privacy but that seems hard to come by if you’re out there posing at a playoff game.</p>
<p>PG #111: I completely agree.</p>
<p>[Lawyer:</a> Mom should have say in brain-dead child’s care, not hospital - UPI.com](<a href=“Lawyer: Mom should have say in brain-dead child's care, not hospital - UPI.com”>Lawyer: Mom should have say in brain-dead child's care, not hospital - UPI.com)</p>
<p>OK… if this family wants privacy, then why are they allowing their lawyer to continue granting these interviews? I can only guess… one reason, which he refers to in the article (I find it very odd that there’s no by-line for this UPI article, so we don’t know who wrote it and what their agenda might be):</p>
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<p>Teri - Dolan had an Op Ed in the LA Times yesterday. I haven’t seen it but my guess is the UPI thing is a rewrite.</p>
<p>I can’t figure out how to link it, but as I posted earlier, the full OP-ED in the LA Times by Dolan is entitled “McMath Attorney: Jahi’s family aren’t fools, they deserve better than ignorant attacks.” There are over 350+ comments.</p>
<p>The UPI link above is to an article, not an op-ed piece. It is written from the perspective of someone that is not Dolan. He is quoted in the article. The article may have been written with him as a source from his op-ed piece, but it’s an article, nonetheless, and does not have a by-line.</p>
<p>Here’s the op-ed piece:
<a href=“McMath attorney: Jahi's family aren't fools; they deserve better than ignorant attacks”>McMath attorney: Jahi's family aren't fools; they deserve better than ignorant attacks;
<p>Right, UPI turned his Op Ed into a news story, basically. They usually don’t have bylines. Simply, they are more of a “regurgitating service”.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link.</p>