The unofficial online home for fans of the Western Michigan University Broncos. Part of Collegiate Sports Nation (CSN).

(10-27-2015 09:17 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(10-27-2015 04:10 PM)Charm City Bronco Wrote:  Coaches at public schools who force prayer deserve to be fired.

I suspect the coach offers them the opportunity, rather than as you say, "forced" them.

Having been around athletics all of my life, "choice" is a euphemism for "pray our way". And I am a Christian/Catholic so I'm not coming from as agnostic/atheist view.

(10-28-2015 08:32 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  God hates the kids that lose.

(10-28-2015 08:38 AM)BCBronco Wrote:  

(10-27-2015 09:17 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(10-27-2015 04:10 PM)Charm City Bronco Wrote:  Coaches at public schools who force prayer deserve to be fired.

I suspect the coach offers them the opportunity, rather than as you say, "forced" them.

Having been around athletics all of my life, "choice" is a euphemism for "pray our way". And I am a Christian/Catholic so I'm not coming from as agnostic/atheist view.

It has been over 30 years since, but my football coach actually grabbed my hand and held it when I went to genuflect before a team prayer. I learned my lesson that day that in that not only was the team to pray together, but we are going to do it the way the coach's religion dictates.

Quote:Having been around athletics all of my life, "choice" is a euphemism for "pray our way".

Quote:I learned my lesson that day that in that not only was the team to pray together, but we are going to do it the way the coach's religion dictates.

(10-28-2015 01:03 PM)westernwilly Wrote:  

(10-28-2015 08:38 AM)BCBronco Wrote:  

(10-27-2015 09:17 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(10-27-2015 04:10 PM)Charm City Bronco Wrote:  Coaches at public schools who force prayer deserve to be fired.

I suspect the coach offers them the opportunity, rather than as you say, "forced" them.

Having been around athletics all of my life, "choice" is a euphemism for "pray our way". And I am a Christian/Catholic so I'm not coming from as agnostic/atheist view.

It has been over 30 years since, but my football coach actually grabbed my hand and held it when I went to genuflect before a team prayer. I learned my lesson that day that in that not only was the team to pray together, but we are going to do it the way the coach's religion dictates.

Imagine that today!

Why imagine?

I would think all hell would break loose on all sides if a coach denied a kid the right to exercise his own religous beliefs. Especially like holding a kids hand.

Guess I was lucky, we didn't have those kind of conflicts, and we were a pretty diverse group...religion wise. We had both protestant AND Catholic.