FLorida Atheists and Secular Humanists (FLASH!)

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Comment by I LYK 2 READ on November 2, 2011 at 2:14pm

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Comment by I LYK 2 READ on October 5, 2011 at 11:17am

Save the Date: January 28, 2012 - The Broward County Chapter of the Florida ACLU has scheduled its Annual Meeting and Election for Saturday, at the Jim Ward Community Center.

The Broward ACLU is pleased and honored to announce that its keynote speaker will be Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Americans United is dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans. Barry Lynn is an incredible speaker. If you have never heard him, you are in for a treat!

We welcome your attendance and participation. Lunch and refreshments will be served. There is no charge. So please come and join us. Exact time TBA.

Time of Meeting:
6:30 PM

Location of Meeting:
Jim Ward Community Center
301 NW 46th Ave
Plantation, FL 33317
West of SR 7/441, just north of Broward Blvd.

 
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Nathan. facebook FLASH. friends from there could line up a ride nextime? take care.

Comment by Nathan Hevenstone on September 26, 2011 at 5:43pm

So... no one's going? Seriously?

 

Come on. Somebody has to be going who can give me a ride...

 

Please?

Comment by Nathan Hevenstone on September 20, 2011 at 3:31pm

How come no one's said anything about this, yet? Richard Dawkins is going to be speaking at the University of Miami, Coral Gables campus, on Friday, September 30, at 5. The event is free.

 

http://www.as.miami.edu/images/news/2011dawkins/flyer.png

 

I would love to go, but would need a ride. Is anyone coming from or near Boca Raton and can swing by Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus to pick me up, then get me back to SW 18th? I don't have cash, but I'd be happy to use my card to get you some gas on the way there or back (find a Shell and I can even get a small discount, I think). Please? I really want to go!

Comment by Maria Rodriguez on September 12, 2011 at 2:12pm

Jane, thanks so much for your reply. It must have been terrible for you and your daughter having to spend your precious time with such religious nutcases. We also had lots of bad experiences with home school groups as most of them out there are religious-based.
My kids only have two friends that live pretty close to us, but they haven’t seen them since last year. They both are Catholic but never talked about religion with my sons.

 

In regard to the guitar course at FLVS, I thought about making a formal complaint but my sons don’t want me to do it. They are very kind and respectful kids, and excellent students too, but they think that if I say something about it to the school authorities, their teachers (most of them are Christian) would find out that they are not “believers” and would have a bad opinion of them. They are afraid that in retaliation for my complaint (if I make one) their teachers are going to treat them badly. It’s sad, frustrating, and frightening, too.  In that online public school, students are required to post personal responses and opinions on a discussion board and reply to other students postings. Courses such as Science, History, and Language have lessons that require it as part of their assignments. I remember when one of my sons was in 7^th or 8^th grade; he had to post his assignment (I think it was for a U.S. History lesson) on the discussion board, and I, just out of curiosity asked my son to let me read what other students had posted. I couldn’t believe the things students had written there; it seemed that it was a Bible/religion course not a history class. It happened that brainwashed “Christian” kids had been using the discussion board to proselytize, and some of their postings and replies were very disturbing, they said/wrote things like: If you don't serve God and Jesus you are going to be punished and condemned to burn in eternal fire in hell; they also said/wrote that unbelievers are demon possessed, and that atheists are evil, and other things like that...  It seems that teachers don’t monitor what students are posting on the board, or it could be that teachers are Christians and like what Christian students are doing (proselytizing, etc), either way, it is something to be concerned about.

Comment by Jane on September 10, 2011 at 8:59pm

Maria, I hope you follow up with a formal complaint about the religiosity of this public school course and maybe they'll respond and change it. I home schooled years ago when all the groups in Sarasota were SO religious that joining them for a skate party meant they freaked out over my daughter wanting to play Fiddler on the Roof (as practice for an upcoming ice skating performance of hers) because it wasn't Christian music.  Hope your kids have found other kids than just the religious fanatics my kids ran into.  Best wishes to all of you!

Comment by Maria Rodriguez on September 9, 2011 at 9:35pm

My two younger sons are in homeschool (7th and 11th grades) and for the past years they have been doing virtual school (FLVS). When I was choosing this school year courses for my sons, I noticed that FLVS had added a guitar/music course to the curriculum. In general terms, it looks pretty good; the student will learn the fundamentals of music, and whatever is necesary to become a skilled guitarist. What I didn't like is that many of the songs they are going to learn are church/Christian songs like "Amazing Grace", "Joy to the World", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "When the Saints Go Marching In", and more. So, after I read that they were required to learn how to play those songs, I decided to not register them in that class.

Is there anyone in this group (Florida Atheists and Secular Humanists) with children that are doing school with Florida Virtual School?

Comment by Nathan Hevenstone on September 9, 2011 at 12:04pm

Hey... anyone here going to the Reason Rally? I'm hoping to get into a carpool if possible.

Comment by I LYK 2 READ on July 18, 2011 at 7:57pm

Comment by Kevin Hamlin on July 24, 2010 at 11:59pm

Greetings, Floridians

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