Atheists Award 12-Year-Old With $1,000 for This Passionate Speech Against Gov’t Prayer
Yo'Adrienne..AFCL
2012/08/08 20:57:33
It's almost OVER FOLKS.......IF THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.....!GET THE BROOMS....IT'S TIME TO "SWEEP UP".
Maia Disbrow, a 12-year-old from Hamilton County, Tennessee, is $1,000 richer after publicly protesting against government prayer. The young girl received the honor from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an atheist group based in Madison, Wisconsin, after she delivered a speech at a Hamilton County Commissioners meeting.
In her July 18 address, Disbrow encouraged local leaders to drop prayers at their meetings. According to a release put out by the FFRF, she got involved in the anti-faith activism after she saw her father complain about the prayers at an earlier meeting. According to the organization, the young girl decided on her own that she wanted to speak out against what she views as a violation of the separation of church and state.
“I realized that there were some things I’d like to say to them. It took me a while to decide because even though I go to a middle school for the arts that is supposed to accept everyone, I was worried,” Disbrow said. “During elementary school, I was bullied about my beliefs and whenever the subject of my religion, or lack thereof, came up, my social status dropped for a few days.”
The young girl went on to claim that the local politicians are acting “like a bunch of fifth-grade bullies.” So, she penned and delivered the speech that can be viewed, below
“I realized that there were some things I’d like to say to them. It took me a while to decide because even though I go to a middle school for the arts that is supposed to accept everyone, I was worried,” Disbrow said. “During elementary school, I was bullied about my beliefs and whenever the subject of my religion, or lack thereof, came up, my social status dropped for a few days.”
“The prayer was very rude to me,” she said of the commissioners’ prayers at government meetings. “It is not fair for you to pray openly to your God without praying to all the others as well.”-
http://youtu.be/VSgf5xjlm-M
this is a sad day for the united states....
It's like telling a bunch of kids who are waiting to see Santa Claus that "there is no Santa Claus. He's a fake." It's just not necessary. Let them have their fun and let believers in God have their opinions without ridicule.
As for this little girl.............I wonder if the prayer was as rude as a slap in the face. And I'd like to ask her, If you watch the news on TV but skip the sports, should you campaign to have that segment taken off the air?
Philosophical parasites.