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Okeydoke… Great question from my Government class… you ready?

We have a Gospel Choir here at BHS. Is it unconstitutional then for the leader of the Gospel Choir to lead the Gospel Choir in a prayer before the Gospel Choir performs? Is the Gospel Choir unconstitutional if they only perform traditional Christian Gospel Music or if it is just “music” is it ok then? If it is ok for the Gospel Choir to perform “music” would it then be ok to “sing” a prayer and have it be just another “performance” that is then considered an “art” and not a prayer?

tk

TK for Presedent!!! What a great discussion for a class! I am too busy trying to teach mine real world apps of the quadratic formula... man I wish I taught law ed!

hmmmm.. Can the President lead ANYONE in a moment of prayer?

Quadratic Formula???? Is that something like how many four wheelers a hunting club needs per member?

tk

This really has turned into a great topic for class discussion; I've turned the situation with several different scenarios over to my AP Language class (most of whom are also in AP U.S. History and have had honors Econ and Government as well) for analysis, persuasion, and justification; they have really started to run with it and I'm getting some great perspectives. Great ready-made lesson plan!

No fair, foul, what am I even talking about... Math guys, I need to relate it to math!

If a train leaves Chicago every hour and heads for New York with 2 ACLU lawyers on every train and the trip takes 14 hours, how many lawsuits to prevent prayer will be filed within 27 hours?

Yeah, tried that; usually it works, but this time when I hit the back button the text had vanished as well. Happens once every so often...oh, well, maybe that was just a sign that I needed to think carefully about what I typed.

OK, quadratic equations:

A quadratic equation with real or complex coefficients has two solutions, called roots. These two solutions may or may not be distinct, and they may or may not be real.

A lawsuit based on the Establishment Clause and prayer in school has two solutions, called roots, based on freedom of speech and perceived discrimination. These two solutions may or may not be distinct, and they may or may not be real.

In a quadratic equation, the "discriminant" is usually represented by the Greek symbol Delta, which is also in mathematics used to represent "difference in."

In an Establishment Clause lawsuit, the difference in which solution is applied (Delta) should be whether the establishment is being "discriminant" (I know, I know) in its practices by endorsing one religious point of view over others.

How's that for correlation?

Gospel Soccer team.... I just had the image of the girls warming up in Habits... can you imagine the uproar that would cause. (Habits are the headcoverings that nuns wear)

Never actually saw the show but being able to fly around the field like Sally Field would sure come in handy; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Nun

I wonder what injury would replace all my ACL troubles.

tk