girlwithalessonplan: msnbc: NYT:  CRANSTON, R.I. — She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years. Image: Gretchen Ertl / The New York Times Good for her; she took a stand.  

girlwithalessonplan:

msnbc:

NYT: 

CRANSTON, R.I. — She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years.

Image: Gretchen Ertl / The New York Times

Good for her; she took a stand.  

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    Catholics should understand separation of church and state. Protestant domination of public schools forced them to...
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    This isn’t meant to offend Roman Catholics, I just thought this was an interesting article.