Comments on: Mandatory Moment of Silence Gutted

By: Friendly Atheist » It’s Dangerous for Children To Know Atheism Exists, Says Illinois State Legislator

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:33:50 +0000

[...] atheist Rob Sherman, who (with his daughter) filed a lawsuit that eventually put a stop to the Mandatory Moment of Silence, was back in the Illinois General Assembly on [...]

By: Rene Horn

Rene Horn — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:48:54 +0000

Let’s make a law that says that someone can walk naked in their house if they wanted, and don’t have to if they don’t.

Uhh, sorry, that didn’t make sense.

I meant to say, “Let’s make a law that says someone can walk naked in their house if they wanted to, and not walk naked if they didn’t want to,” or something like that.

I’m not sure why I’m thinking about naked stuff right now.

By: Rene Horn

Rene Horn — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:46:09 +0000

Wow, what a now completely useless act.

Let’s make a law that says that someone can walk naked in their house if they wanted, and don’t have to if they don’t. Seriously, that’s pretty much all it says now, except for the naked part.

Of course it would be better if the entire act was just repealed. The connotations of the entire thing are still offensive in my mind.

By: Bad

Bad — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:46:26 +0000

Please government, we need your permission to think and reflect silently. Please, we are dying in here!

I still don’t see the point of even this revised bill, other than to placate nuts. It’s not like teachers needed a special directive allowing them to tell kids to shut up if they are noisy. And its certainly not like pupils who desire silent reflection need the governments’ help in conducting some.

By: Lainey

Lainey — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:22:02 +0000

What an incredible waste of time and money. The fact that law was even considered and brought before the state legislation is ludicrous and a horrid waste of resources.

By: Bjorn Watland

Bjorn Watland — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:16:51 +0000

The whole thing seems silly. I wish as much effort could be put into education initiatives, but you don’t get noticed for doing what is expected, you get noticed for responding to the spiritual needs of students, because, really, this moment of silence, is really all they need in their busy lives to feel truly whole and at peace with the world. This may be a good intention gone wrong, but I wish things like, oh, paying teachers more, or reducing class sizes were more valuable politically then student prayer.

By: John Pritzlaff

John Pritzlaff — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:16:33 +0000

Excellent!

I don’t see much non-insidious use for this law anyways, but still, this is a victory.

By: Siamang

Siamang — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:03:08 +0000

Let’s bow our heads in a moment of silent contemplation of this victory.