Thread: School 'Moment of Silence' ban extended in Illinois

School 'Moment of Silence' ban extended in Illinois

CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday barred school districts statewide from holding the daily moment of silence suitable for prayer that is required under state law.

U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman said he had given school districts time to object to his March 28 preliminary injunction on enforcement of the moment of silence law but received no objections.

He therefore extended to the entire state the preliminary injunction originally designed to apply only to suburban Buffalo Grove District 214.

The law passed by the Illinois General Assembly says every school district in the state must hold a nonreligious moment of silence suitable for prayer or contemplating the day's activities at the start of the day.

Talk radio host Rob Sherman, an outspoken atheist whose daughter, Dawn, attends Buffalo Grove High School, sued to stop enforcement.

He expressed satisfaction after Gettleman issued his order.

"It's good, it's what I wanted," Sherman said. He said the law was designed to unconstitutionally "proselytize Christianity to a captive audience" of school children.

The preliminary injunction issued by Gettleman in March had applied not only to District 214 but to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Attorneys said that could be interpreted to mean that moments of silence already were barred statewide.

But the state board had maintained it had no authority to enforce such an injunction, leaving it unclear as to how the measure applied.

Legislation in response to the lawsuit has stalled.

Sherman said Thursday he would work with "friendly legislators" to reverse the law.

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It's good, it's what I wanted," Sherman said. He said the law was designed to unconstitutionally "proselytize Christianity to a captive audience" of school children




Well at least Sherman got what HE wanted......anything else would have been a gross miscarriage of justice

Amazing. As a nation, several times per day we are forcibly subjected to Muslims praying in public, no matter where they are, including schools, Mosques blaring their calls to prayer from loudspeakers, and all manner of other things forcing Islam upon a "captive audience" of non Muslims.

Yet, Mr. Sherman feels compelled to protect school children, the width and breadth of the state of Illinois, from the greater menace of the Moment of Silence

Evidently his atheism extends to not believing in choosing his battles wisely either.

Originally Posted by azwreath

It's good, it's what I wanted," Sherman said. He said the law was designed to unconstitutionally "proselytize Christianity to a captive audience" of school children




Well at least Sherman got what HE wanted......anything else would have been a gross miscarriage of justice

Amazing. As a nation, several times per day we are forcibly subjected to Muslims praying in public, no matter where they are, including schools, Mosques blaring their calls to prayer from loudspeakers, and all manner of other things forcing Islam upon a "captive audience" of non Muslims.

Yet, Mr. Sherman feels compelled to protect school children, the width and breadth of the state of Illinois, from the greater menace of the Moment of Silence

Evidently his atheism extends to not believing in choosing his battles wisely either.

The guy is a total moron. Very big of him to remove a moment of silence. Maybe he can now focus on the muslim footbaths in public areas.

Originally Posted by Americanpatriot

Originally Posted by azwreath

It's good, it's what I wanted," Sherman said. He said the law was designed to unconstitutionally "proselytize Christianity to a captive audience" of school children




Well at least Sherman got what HE wanted......anything else would have been a gross miscarriage of justice

Amazing. As a nation, several times per day we are forcibly subjected to Muslims praying in public, no matter where they are, including schools, Mosques blaring their calls to prayer from loudspeakers, and all manner of other things forcing Islam upon a "captive audience" of non Muslims.

Yet, Mr. Sherman feels compelled to protect school children, the width and breadth of the state of Illinois, from the greater menace of the Moment of Silence

Evidently his atheism extends to not believing in choosing his battles wisely either.

The guy is a total moron. Very big of him to remove a moment of silence. Maybe he can now focus on the muslim footbaths in public areas.

Very big of him to remove a moment of silence.



I know. Now how are the kids supposed to remember they've forgotten their lunch money first thing in the morning? Sheesh...........



Maybe he can now focus on the muslim footbaths in public areas.



Not likely to happen. See, that's the thing about folks like Mr. Sherman. They are very good about bullying the "little guy", waging so called battles they are relatively sure they can win.

But throwing down on the Muslim community? Nah........