Did I go to one of these? Bench, help me out.

 

If you open the avenue for prayer at this thing, don't get upset when prayer comes from it. Out of curiosity, was the Valedictorian Muslim? If so, he/she had every right and it is fitting for him/her.

 

IF the girl is a muslim then, although I disagree, she should be granted the same liberties as a christian who would pray. If she is not a muslim and was just attacking christianity, then she used the event and the podium for a social/political agenda, which I think should not be included in her rights and liberties.

IF the girl is a muslim then, although I disagree, she should be granted the same liberties as a christian who would pray. If she is not a muslim and was just attacking christianity, then she used the event and the podium for a social/political agenda, which I think should not be included in her rights and liberties.

 

That isn't what happened at all. No one was attacked and not one Christian was told they couldn't pray or sing or preach during the ceremony. No Christians were harmed as a result of this young girl's Islamic prayer.

That isn't what happened at all. No one was attacked and not one Christian was told they couldn't pray or sing or preach during the ceremony. No Christians were harmed as a result of this young girl's Islamic prayer.

 

Then america is a land of the free and no one has the right to ridicule her. The same way no one has the right to ridicule me for preaching or praying Christian apologetics.

My question is, if the situation was reversed and in an Islamic community a Christian prayer was said and the Koran was said to be just a story, what would the reaction have been in that community?

 

Who knows? Doesn't change the over reaction here by too many people

My question is, if the situation was reversed and in an Islamic community a Christian prayer was said and the Koran was said to be just a story, what would the reaction have been in that community?

 

Let's assume the reaction would have been negative or hostile.

 

What does that have to do with how some in the Christian community reacted?

Let's assume the reaction would have been negative or hostile.

 

What does that have to do with how some in the Christian community reacted?

 

All I'm asking is if there is a double standard in play.

All I'm asking is if there is a double standard in play.

 

Too hard to say since none of us live in a predominately Muslim society.

All I'm asking is if there is a double standard in play.

 

No. No Christian was told to stop praying or had people walk out on them. IF that happened in you hypothetical THEN you could claim double standard. That scenario hasn't played out, so it has nothing to do with this thread.

I was at the service, the whole service and I was not offended. Here is the statement released by Danville Schools...

 

Parents and students came together on Sunday evening (17 May 2015) in a baccalaureate service to honor the 2015 graduating class. The organizing committee of parents and students requested Gravely Hall on the campus of Danville High School (DHS) to be the site for this year’s event. DHS obliged.

At the event, words of hope, acceptance, well-wishes, and joy emanated from a diverse set of presenters which included a student of Muslim faith, the men’s choir of the 1st Baptist Church, a parent, and a professor of religion from Centre College.

Though neither the Board of Education nor the school district organize or sponsor baccalaureate services, we take this opportunity to express our congratulations to the wonderful diversity of students that compose this year’s graduating class, like many before and many more to come. In the Danville Schools, all means all. We wish you the best of luck as you experience an ever-changing world and make your imprint upon it. May peace, wellness, and success be with each of you as you venture into phases of your life yet untold.

I was at the service, the whole service and I was not offended. Here is the statement released by Danville Schools...

 

Parents and students came together on Sunday evening (17 May 2015) in a baccalaureate service to honor the 2015 graduating class. The organizing committee of parents and students requested Gravely Hall on the campus of Danville High School (DHS) to be the site for this year’s event. DHS obliged.

At the event, words of hope, acceptance, well-wishes, and joy emanated from a diverse set of presenters which included a student of Muslim faith, the men’s choir of the 1st Baptist Church, a parent, and a professor of religion from Centre College.

Though neither the Board of Education nor the school district organize or sponsor baccalaureate services, we take this opportunity to express our congratulations to the wonderful diversity of students that compose this year’s graduating class, like many before and many more to come. In the Danville Schools, all means all. We wish you the best of luck as you experience an ever-changing world and make your imprint upon it. May peace, wellness, and success be with each of you as you venture into phases of your life yet untold.

 

That's how you squash something. That is a great press release.

Maybe it's just me, but I find other religions fascinating in the sense that I would've loved to be in attendance and heard the prayer. Hearing a prayer in another religion is, to me, a learning experience about another culture and society.

Maybe it's just me, but I find other religions fascinating in the sense that I would've loved to be in attendance and heard the prayer. Hearing a prayer in another religion is, to me, a learning experience about another culture and society.

 

God forbid we learn something from another perspective.

Maybe it's just me, but I find other religions fascinating in the sense that I would've loved to be in attendance and heard the prayer. Hearing a prayer in another religion is, to me, a learning experience about another culture and society.

 

It was really cool...This young lady is tops in her class, participated in many sports was a governor scholar along with just being awarded the Brown Scholarship at Centre College which and don't quote me on this, but I believe is their top scholarship!

 

Also the mens choir from First Baptist really rocked when they sang!!! It was a cool experience for me!

No. No Christian was told to stop praying or had people walk out on them. IF that happened in you hypothetical THEN you could claim double standard. That scenario hasn't played out, so it has nothing to do with this thread.

 

There aren't Muslim communities in America that actively discriminate against non-Muslims and in fact tell them to stay out of the communities? That isn't allowed to happen in the US today?

For the record I'm not against the Muslim prayer. However I do think that Christian activism or protest is treated differently than other groups in the US.