Suppose the coach had taken them to a Buddhist temple and those same young men had gone through a "taking refuge" ceremony?A mother is angry about a trip led by the head football coach at Breckinridge County High School. The coach took about 20 players on a school bus late last month to his church, where nearly half of them — including her son — were baptized.
Michelle Ammons said her 16-year-old son was baptized without her knowledge and consent, and she is upset that a public school bus was used to take players to a church service — and that the school district's superintendent was there and did not object.
"Nobody should push their faith on anybody else," said Ammons, whose son, Robert Coffey, said Coach Scott Mooney told him and other players that the Aug. 26 outing would include only a motivational speaker and a free steak dinner.
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Ammons, who lives in Big Spring, said that she is a Baptist but her husband, Danny, is Catholic, and that both feel like their son should wait until he is 18 to make important decisions on religion.
"We felt he was brainwashed," she said.
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"They have no right to take my son on a school bus across county lines to a church to be baptized," she said.
Just sayin'
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I'm afraid I don't quite get your point dear Ellie? What difference would it make?
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What I mean is that there would be hell to pay if a Buddhist had tried to convert a high school student. But people in charge are thinking this was okay - no big deal. Notice that superintendant of schools was there and approved of the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteGot it!
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