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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:03 PM Original message |
Ban on "Ave Maria" at graduation upheld |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why would you perform that at a high school graduation? |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
101. Because the music is pretty? |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #101 |
107. Stunningly beautiful. nt |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. i gotta agree |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
106. It has a strong religious message - if you speak Latin. nt |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #106 |
138. i don't speak it |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow- even the instrumental version is verbotten |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. How about an instrumental version of the Horst Wessel song? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. How about it:? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I think anybody with a knowledge of history would object. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. I see your point, but at some point musical notes can be freed from historical usage |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
72. No, no |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Of course, there's that, too. |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
109. That is like comparing Michaelangelo's David to |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. I was talking about Horst Wessel, not Ave Maria in post 27. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #109 |
117. The David's political statement was about the greatness of the Republic of Florence, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
120. Your points could theoretically apply to any piece of music... |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
100. that seems a bit excessive |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. And I agree with you and Judge Smith. Anyone who ahs to attach religious meaning to hearing |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Are you denying that Ave Maria is a Christian hymn? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
103. "Christian" - no. "hymn" - yes. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #103 |
116. We assume the writer was speaking of the Schubert or Bach |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #103 |
119. Well, it's a prayer put to music, beseeching the Virgin Mary to pray for us. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Hymns cover a wide variety of topics. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #125 |
136. Of course, strictly speaking you are correct. As I am, when I say Ave Maria is a prayer |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. As you say, if spoken prayers are banned then musical ones |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sure, because there are no other non-Christian works from which to choose |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So we should censor art to protect the kids? (nt) |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Nice red herring |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. This isn't censorship of art -- it can be played anywhere . . . EXCEPT |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. "anywhere . . . EXCEPT" |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. So you mandate a child go to school, then deny their music because you are scared of something |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
110. I can see your point |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
130. Utter bullshit, of course. The kids are allowed to listen to the music. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. So . . . is "IMAGINE" by John Lennon being played or censored . . |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
105. We sang Imagine |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
118. "Imagine" was our class song, played at graduation. But that was in the 70's |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
131. Neither "Imagine" or atheist-penned poems are religious in nature, so... |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is appropriate. The words in English... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. IMO, worship of the Virgin Mary transcends Catholicism and contains the vestiges of Goddess worship |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Bullshit. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Her opinion is bullshit? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. The part about worshipping Mary "transcending Catholicism," that's what. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I never thought of it that way but it seems reasonable. Lots of similarities. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. The Virgin Mary was pushed on Ireland to replace the Goddess Bridget they |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. But you'll never get the church to admit it - |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Bravo -- !! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
87. What is this "church" you speak of? If you are referring to a small group |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #87 |
102. When it was created, in the 4th century, the church was anything but |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. no goddess worship in school. period. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. But very few Americans understand that -- and still, why not a Jewish hymn |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
74. *cough* davinci code *cough* |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree, as a staunch supporter of church/state separation, with Smith. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Then, perhaps they should have also selected a hymn from every other religion . . .??? |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. Sure, why not? If you mean instrumental...I got no problem with that. I'm an atheist but I have no |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
132. In the context of religious music? Silence. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, there are only a handful of pieces available to play at a HS graduation. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. No mention of whose Ave Maria it was. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm with the music. And I'm an atheist. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Would you be OK with "Jesus is just alright" being played at a HS graduation |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Not me-- |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I know you didn't ask me but I'd say no because while it's a catchy little tunelet |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. No. But "Let It Be" and "Saints Go Marching In" would be OK. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
108. This is a great example of a song which has cultural meaning |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. I agree whole-heartedly. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's interesting that so much instructional time (and practice) was invested .... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. My first reaction was 'of course' - |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Maybe we should just retire some pieces for 20 years |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:47 PM Original message |
And now I'm questioning my own position having recalled "Jesus was a Capricorn" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Maybe some music from "Hair" would have worked . . . "Imagine" . . . |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. In times past there used to be 2 graduation ceremonies... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Baccalaureates, IIRC. nt |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
127. Baccalaureate - and depending on where you are in the US, they still have them, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is just another attempt by the right wing to get "god" into school and graduation . . |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Things have changed a lot since I was a highschool kid |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I hear you loud and clear. I'm no fan of religion...far from it but it is not as if |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Its' a real problem to find non-religious choral music that kids can |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
76. Almost every Broadway Musical has been transposed for Choir... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. That's what I was going to say. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. Sure, but the quality of the music can hardly match the adventurousness |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. The reason you didin't give it a second thought ... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Perhaps, |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
92. My wife asked me why I don't join the semi-professional choir here in OC. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #61 |
97. We sang a lot of Christian music in high school choir, |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. I was thinking the same thing |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. Stay in Seattle, folks. It gets freakish out in the sticks. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm not religious but I love Ave Maria. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
88. Agreed. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. Let's ban Michaelangelo and Leonardo while we're at it. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Lets Ban preformances of Midsummer's Night Dream since it deals with pagan icons such as Puck! |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Dont forget America, my country tis of thee |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
85. I agree with you entirely. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wow! Someone must not like Franz Schubert and............... |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. Well Shit I guess no more Greek plays will be preformed since it involves deities ! |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. It's amusing how the Italians have never figured out a way to reconcile state-sanctioned homophobia |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. If they want funeral music at their graduation, I say let them. nt |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. No One's More Anti-Religion Than Me... |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. good |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Would you object to a highschool preformance of a Greek drama that dealt with deities? |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. Your question presumes an educational level that's not in play. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. I suppose I do understand ... I guess I would be offended by any other "hymn" |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. That was my parents' wedding recessional when they got married in 1946. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. In my senior year of high school, I was asked to do a vocal solo |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I think you answered the question I was going to post. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
67. Thank You, Jesus. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Really? I hate to think how offended you'd be by Nessun Dorma |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. It's just long and boring. |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. Kids are already so insulated from cultural things that they |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. Yeah, but..., but..., but, |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
73. Well that works for me, Ave is bigger than grad night; they should have chose: Air on G string |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. The Rare Bach and Let 'em Have It boys were among the few to salvage Bach's "music" |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #80 |
99. Don't know much about music I see...cool |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #99 |
113. I had to laugh at that goofy turd |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
77. Thank god. It's such a dirge. nt |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. Link to decision: |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
81. OMG, I was fighting that battle 28 years ago! |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
82. They did not uphold the ban, they upheld school administrator's right to do so |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
84. Those judges can go fuck themselves, Ave Maria is wonderful! |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
86. How many who just expressed an opinion read the court's? |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
89. Amusingly, we weren't allowed to use the Ave Maria at our wedding |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Bach was Lutheran, Schubert was Catholic. |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #93 |
112. Well, that just makes me more disgusted with him |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Beethoven was also Catholic. |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
94. ban "God Bless America", graduation should be strictly secular |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
122. I'm quite OK with banning "God Bless America" from PS graduation ceremonies. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
95. It's a very pretty song. One of my favorites. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
96. I think this is wrong. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #96 |
121. There are Protestant Christians that are strongly opposed to Mary worship. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #96 |
123. Protestant hymns are almost never sung in Latin. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Yep. And most of the good classical stuff is in Latin. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #126 |
134. Not really. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
98. The Ave Maria that Barbara Padilla did on America's Got Talent |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
104. fools |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
111. STOP THINGS LIKE: "Maria, I just met a girl named Maria." |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
124. Truly one of the most absurd decisions I've ever heard of. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
128. The important question is - Schubert or Bach? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
129. Good. The school IS NOT ALLOWED to endorse religion. Letting them do this would do so. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #129 |
135. Playing a song isn't "endorsing" anything. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
133. Um...... ok. Whatever. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
139. The real kick of it is, neither popular instrumental version was originally used for |
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