If it's already used by other schools and isn't used for religious purposes then there's no reason to not allow it
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Manjot Bath
9 years ago
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Oxford already has AP testing across the street at the Mormon Church. This should be a nonissue.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
If there arent any religious occurences while graduating, why even be concerned? We had a religious demonstration during school (prayer circle) and yet that was allowed by the administration, so i dont see why graduating there is so wrong? Its pretty ridiculous to not do it and we clearly have the funds for it, and if they say they dont, the administration is lying.
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Raymond Tu
9 years ago
This is an amazing idea. Graduation - especially for a prestigious school such as Oxford Academy should be handled as honorably as is the school.
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Antonin Scalia
9 years ago
Some there are—many, perhaps—who are offended by public displays of religion. Religion, they believe, is a personal matter; if it must be given external manifestation, that should not occur in public places where others may be offended. I can understand that attitude: It parallels my own toward the playing in public of rock music or Stravinsky. And I too am especially annoyed when the intrusion upon my inner peace occurs while I am part of a captive audience, as on a municipal bus or in the waiting room of a public agency.
My own aversion cannot be imposed by law because of the First Amendment. See Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 491 U. S. 781, 790 (1989) ; Erznoznik v. Jacksonville, 422 U. S. 205–211 (1975). Certain of this Court’s cases, however, have allowed the aversion to religious displays to be enforced directly through the First Amendment, at least in public facilities and with respect to public ceremonies—this despite the fact that the First Amendment explicitly favors religion and is, so to speak, agnostic about music.
In the decision below, the en banc Court of Appeals for the School District relied on those cases to condemn a suburban Cypress school district’s decision to hold high-school graduations in a church. We recently con-fronted and curtailed this errant line of precedent in Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U. S. ___ (2014), which upheld under the Establishment Clause the saying of prayers before monthly town-council meetings. Because that case made clear a number of points with which the School District’s decision is fundamentally inconsistent, the Court ought, at a minimum, to grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand for reconsideration (GVR).
Endorsement
First, Town of Greece abandoned the antiquated “endorsement test,” which formed the basis for the decision below.
In this case, at the request of the student bodies of the two relevant schools, Oxford Academy decided to hold its high-school graduation ceremonies at Cottonwood Church,
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Michele Milligan
9 years ago
unlimited seating!!
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Enrico Saturnino
9 years ago
As the only conservative Republican on this campus I approve of this polarizing decision. Help make the c/o 2017 & maybe even future classes' graduation better.
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Victor Tran
9 years ago
i love unlimited seating
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Malikai Strickler
9 years ago
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No one will care that it's in a church. When people look back on their graduation, they won't think, "Oh, it was in a church I hated it." They'll much more likely think, "Oh, it was at some crappy place and only my mom could fit in the back and couldn't even hear."
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Tricia Domalanta
9 years ago
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If the only issue is the controversy of using a "religious" venue, I ask that the district please reconsider. We are not holding a school dance here, but a ceremony to honor and growth and future endeavors of upcoming graduating seniors. It is a beautiful venue and I do believe it is a truly memorable graduation venue.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
I'd like to get to see the seniors one last time and at our current place we wouldn't be able to
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Cody Pham
9 years ago
Pls
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Luis
9 years ago
I understand that we are a small graduating class but that doesn't take away the fact that many of us have huge families that want to come and celebrate all of our accomplishments!!! (: please consider!1!!
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dar
9 years ago
pls
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Been to the church, it's beautiful! 100% support it.
If it's already used by other schools and isn't used for religious purposes then there's no reason to not allow it
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Oxford already has AP testing across the street at the Mormon Church. This should be a nonissue.
If there arent any religious occurences while graduating, why even be concerned? We had a religious demonstration during school (prayer circle) and yet that was allowed by the administration, so i dont see why graduating there is so wrong? Its pretty ridiculous to not do it and we clearly have the funds for it, and if they say they dont, the administration is lying.
This is an amazing idea. Graduation - especially for a prestigious school such as Oxford Academy should be handled as honorably as is the school.
Some there are—many, perhaps—who are offended by public displays of religion. Religion, they believe, is a personal matter; if it must be given external manifestation, that should not occur in public places where others may be offended. I can understand that attitude: It parallels my own toward the playing in public of rock music or Stravinsky. And I too am especially annoyed when the intrusion upon my inner peace occurs while I am part of a captive audience, as on a municipal bus or in the waiting room of a public agency. My own aversion cannot be imposed by law because of the First Amendment. See Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 491 U. S. 781, 790 (1989) ; Erznoznik v. Jacksonville, 422 U. S. 205–211 (1975). Certain of this Court’s cases, however, have allowed the aversion to religious displays to be enforced directly through the First Amendment, at least in public facilities and with respect to public ceremonies—this despite the fact that the First Amendment explicitly favors religion and is, so to speak, agnostic about music. In the decision below, the en banc Court of Appeals for the School District relied on those cases to condemn a suburban Cypress school district’s decision to hold high-school graduations in a church. We recently con-fronted and curtailed this errant line of precedent in Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U. S. ___ (2014), which upheld under the Establishment Clause the saying of prayers before monthly town-council meetings. Because that case made clear a number of points with which the School District’s decision is fundamentally inconsistent, the Court ought, at a minimum, to grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand for reconsideration (GVR). Endorsement First, Town of Greece abandoned the antiquated “endorsement test,” which formed the basis for the decision below. In this case, at the request of the student bodies of the two relevant schools, Oxford Academy decided to hold its high-school graduation ceremonies at Cottonwood Church,
unlimited seating!!
As the only conservative Republican on this campus I approve of this polarizing decision. Help make the c/o 2017 & maybe even future classes' graduation better.
i love unlimited seating
No one will care that it's in a church. When people look back on their graduation, they won't think, "Oh, it was in a church I hated it." They'll much more likely think, "Oh, it was at some crappy place and only my mom could fit in the back and couldn't even hear."
If the only issue is the controversy of using a "religious" venue, I ask that the district please reconsider. We are not holding a school dance here, but a ceremony to honor and growth and future endeavors of upcoming graduating seniors. It is a beautiful venue and I do believe it is a truly memorable graduation venue.
I'd like to get to see the seniors one last time and at our current place we wouldn't be able to
Pls
I understand that we are a small graduating class but that doesn't take away the fact that many of us have huge families that want to come and celebrate all of our accomplishments!!! (: please consider!1!!
pls
Been to the church, it's beautiful! 100% support it.