This past week, an auditorium full of Christians at a graduation ceremony showed just how little they respect the wishes of others, or the separation of church and state.
Student Nick Becker had learned of one graduate's intention to deliver a religious invocation at the ceremony. He protested this as improper, and the eventual decision was to hold a period of silence for half a minute.
However, during the period of silence, one member of the audience began loudly reciting the Lord's Prayer. And virtually the entire audience of 4000 people joined in.
Becker walked out in disgust, and when he attempted to enter after they were done violating the Constitution, State Troopers detained him and denied him entrance. The school, it seems, has a code about such things. They won't allow anyone who leaves such a gathering to re-enter, because it might disrupt the show.
Uh, huh. Fine and dandy, but they also prevented him from participating in a school-sponsored cruise around Baltimore Harbor. I wonder where the logic of that decision came from. Rumor has it that charges against Becker might still be filed.
Say what?
This whole scenario shows unquestionably that many Christians, or at least a few thousand of them in one Maryland county, are disrespectful creatures at heart. Their aggressive and arrogant mentality makes them feel that unless they can inflict their beliefs upon others in public settings, their rights are being violated.
This is also the case here in my area (and many others), where people are protesting a motion to have the Ten Commandments monument removed from a public park. For some reason, they feel that this would prevent them from freely worshiping in their faith, as protected by the Constitution. And they fail to see that, in truth, they are the violators, not the violated.
I'm sure Nick Becker could explain it to them.
