Judge Rejects Christian Schools' Discrimination Suit Against UC

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Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:47 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

crc said: "Our founding fathers would 'roll in their graves'. This country is so anti-God, anti-Bible it's unbelievable. I think I'm living in some foreign country run by dictators or something."

First, the phrase "foreign country" has no meaning unless a particular frame of reference (read: a 'home' country) has been identified. For the sake of rebutting, I'll assume your 'home' country is the U.S.

Second, if your founding fathers are "roll[ing] in their graves", then perhaps you aren't in the U.S. after all... Recall, our founding fathers specifically opposed a particular religious sponsorship, they did not allow women to vote, they viewed most blacks as slaves, concubines, or both, and some (e.g. George Washington) grew large quantities of marijuana.

*My* founding fathers, in the U.S., would be pleased by this ruling.

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Stan

Judge Rejects Christian Schools' Discrimination Suit Against UC

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Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:16 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 1

jsmith175 said: "Perhaps UC should be forced to test these students on the knowledge of the courses instead of whether it was taught with a certain worldview or not."

While this is absolutely true, it is not the question at hand. In fact, UC schools follow the "a-g system" to determine eligibility in the absence of accepted courses. Every single student whose high school courses have been rejected based on this controversy can, and probably will, pass this "a-g system" to gain acceptance.

The question is instead whether the UC system has the right to require certain key academic benchmarks to be met, which this court ruling has correctly determined that yes, they do.

The bottom line is this: If you want your kids to attend a UC school, teach to the standard. If you refuse to teach to that standard, send them to ORU.

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Stan