The Rock has spoken

[Vfl2407]

I agree, but it's a public school. Would you also be cool with celebrating Hannaukha, Ramadan, etc? Have a Mosque next to the Baptist Student Union?

I teach my children what they need to know. They know to ignore society. It starts and ends at home.

Cracks me up that a large % of people that complain about taking prayer out of schools rarely ever take their kids to church.

That C being Commercialism.
The Christmas story and the birth of Christ have been replaced by the birth of the latest gadgets and just how much Americans will spend.

 

[MurphyVol]

Why not? If anyone wants to celebrate the flying spaghetti monster, I don't give a damn. Freedom OF religion does not mean freedom FROM religion.

You also have a right to be offended. There is no right to not be offended. However, if I offend you it means that I matter to you. Most people are incapable of offending me because they don't matter to me.

Roughly 4,200 religions worldwide. How much do you want to chip in to build these 4,200 areas of worship on public campuses?

 

[MurphyVol]

That C being Commercialism.
The Christmas story and the birth of Christ have been replaced by the birth of the latest gadgets and just how much Americans will spend.

No joke, not to mention most of the traditions around the holiday are pagan in origin.

 

[Vol logic]

I agree, but it's a public school. Would you also be cool with celebrating Hannaukha, Ramadan, etc? Have a Mosque next to the Baptist Student Union?

I teach my children what they need to know. They know to ignore society. It starts and ends at home.

Cracks me up that a large % of people that complain about taking prayer out of schools rarely ever take their kids to church.

First, I agree. Second, fewer and fewer people are going to church which is causing the rest of this foolishness. Third, I have taught my children the same way.

 

[onevol74]

That C being Commercialism.
The Christmas story and the birth of Christ have been replaced by the birth of the latest gadgets and just how much Americans will spend.

Thanks to the politicians.

 

[butchna]

I'm sorry; In all of my years I've have never seem so many different peoples name be posted on Vol Nation to be fired.

AD...head coach...assistant coach...Chancellor...Grounds Keeper...

Just wondering who's job is safe from Vol Nation working for UT? Janitor?

Last time I was on campus, I saw a PEANUT in the library! :aggressive:

 

[BruinVol]

Was just told cnbc showed up and painted over it with some liberal bs

That true?

The cnbc part is a joke

 

[Ol Mother Hubbard]

Thanks to the politicians.

#ThanksObama

 

[salutethehill]

Last time I was on campus, I saw a PEANUT in the library! :aggressive:

As a parent of a child with an anaphylactic peanut allergy, this offends me.

As a tax-paying adult with the Internet, and multiple devices to access said Internet, I'm also offended that libraries still exist.

 

[schwompal]

The University of Tennessee is part of government. Government at any level cannot promote one religion over another. Those who are calling for Cheek's resignation over this don't understand the establishment clause.

 

[shelbyvillevol]

The University of Tennessee is part of government. Government at any level cannot promote one religion over another. Those who are calling for Cheek's resignation over this don't understand the establishment clause.

Promoting equality is one thing. Going out of your way to crap on Christian-based celebrations is another.

 

[schwompal]

Promoting equality is one thing. Going out of your way to crap on Christian-based celebrations is another.

It's not crapping on Christmas celebrations. It's abiding by the constitution. The recommendation from the administration applied to government employees using government resources.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Was just told cnbc showed up and painted over it with some liberal bs

That true?

The cnbc part is a joke

Yea it said tis the season for inclusion and diversity or some fantasy land bs close to it

 

[BruinVol]

Yea it said tis the season for inclusion and diversity or some fantasy land bs close to it

Dear gracious

The inclusion movement is making people that are plenty willing to accept all people allign themselves firmly into the other end of the spectrum

 

[agVOL90]

It's not crapping on Christmas celebrations. It's abiding by the constitution. The recommendation from the administration applied to government employees using government resources.

Your lack of understanding regarding the intent of the Constitution is disturbing.:no:

 

[IndianapolisVol]

Lmao cheek

 

[schwompal]

I understand the constitution perfectly. Allowing government resources to be used for the promotion of one religion over another is de facto establishment, which the first amendment prohibits. Perhaps you should read the constitution and the relevant case law

 

[orange parmejohn]

I understand the constitution perfectly. Allowing government resources to be used for the promotion of one religion over another is de facto establishment, which the first amendment prohibits. Perhaps you should read the constitution and the relevant case law

Funny that it hasn't been a problem for decades but suddenly is.

 

[schwompal]

That's because no one has brought suit...yet. If someone does and the university doesn't relent, they're likely liable for plaintiff's legal fees.

 

[thehill98]

I understand the constitution perfectly. Allowing government resources to be used for the promotion of one religion over another is de facto establishment, which the first amendment prohibits. Perhaps you should read the constitution and the relevant case law

Where did it say anything about government resources being used?

 

[tnmarktx]

The University of Tennessee is part of government. Government at any level cannot promote one religion over another. Those who are calling for Cheek's resignation over this don't understand the establishment clause.

Unless the university is throwing said parties, what business is it of theirs to tell any group of students what kind of party they can have?

 

[WishWeHadTee]

Thanks to the politicians.

Politicians who were elected by a population that is increasingly tired of old stodgy Christians who think Eve was made to serve Adam. That is of course the essence of why people have always said "he" when the person in question could be either male or female. Male is the default, we know this because the Bible says God is male! Such tired myths...

The world is changing, thank God (lol), and UT needs to change with it or be left behind.

 

[OrangeByBirth]

I understand the constitution perfectly. Allowing government resources to be used for the promotion of one religion over another is de facto establishment, which the first amendment prohibits. Perhaps you should read the constitution and the relevant case law

Male bovine feces!

The US Constitution says nothing about resources nor promoting. It says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

There is a vast difference in allowing a Kwanzaa party, permitting a Buddhist meditation group, saying, "Merry Christmas" and congress passing a law to establish a national religion. Under the Constitution, they cannot ban (prohibit) such activity. In fact, the US Constitution doesn't prohibit a state from being a Protestant state or whatever the state may choose.

 

[volfanhill]

Politicians who were elected by a population that is increasingly tired of old stodgy Christians who think Eve was made to serve Adam. That is of course the essence of why people have always said "he" when the person in question could be either male or female. Male is the default, we know this because the Bible says God is male! Such tired myths...

The world is changing, thank God (lol), and UT needs to change with it or be left behind.

are you the one in charge of notifying the rest of team PC when a micro aggression happens?

 

[MurphyVol]

Unless the university is throwing said parties, what business is it of theirs to tell any group of students what kind of party they can have?

Article doesn't say anything about students