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Fear of the Cross

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But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness:

Saint Paul:  1 Corinthians 1:23

The current administration has certainly emboldened bigots.  Case in point:

Audrey Jarvis, 19, a liberal arts major at the northern California university, said she had no choice but to seek a “religious accommodation” in order to wear the cross. Her lawyer said she deserves an apology, and the school seems ready to oblige.

“It’s amazing in this day of diversity and tolerance on university campuses that a university official would engage in this type of obvious religious discrimination,” said Hiram Sasser, an attorney with Liberty Institute, which is representing Jarvis.

Jarvis was working for the university’s Associated Students Productions at a June 27 student orientation fair for incoming freshmen when her supervisor told her to remove the two-inch-long cross necklace, according to Sasser.

Sasser said the supervisor told her that the chancellor had a policy against wearing religious items and further explained “that she could not wear her cross necklace because it might offend others, it might make incoming students feel unwelcome, or it might cause incoming students to feel that ASP was not an organization they should join.”

“My initial reaction was one of complete shock,” Jarvis told Fox News. “I was thrown for a loop.”

Jarvis said she is a devout Catholic and she wears the cross as a symbol of her faith in Christ.

“I was offended because I believe as a Christian woman it is my prerogative to display my faith any way I like so long as it is not harming anyone else,” she said. “I was very hurt and felt as if the university’s mission statement – which includes tolerance and inclusivity to all – was violated.”

 

Go here to Todd Starnes to read the rest.  The college did what they normally do when they are caught:

Kashack said Sonoma State President Ruben Arminana was “angered” by the incident and they are trying to contact Jarvis so they can apologize.

“The president was very upset about it and asked me to contact Miss Jarvis and give a profuse apology,” she said.

She said they have spoken with the employee involved in the incident but won’t reveal the contents of their discussion or whether he was punished.

“Things like this don’t happen here,” she said. “It’s very unusual. People here are very aware of discrimination. It’s possible that political correctness got out of hand.”

Ya think?

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Spambot3049
Spambot3049
Wednesday, July 3, AD 2013 5:49am

Kashack said Sonoma State President Ruben Arminana was “angered” by the incident and they are trying to contact Jarvis so they can apologize.

“The president was very upset about it and asked me to contact Miss Jarvis and give a profuse apology,” she said.

Why do we doubt this is true?

Art Deco
Wednesday, July 3, AD 2013 8:15am

These sort of incidents do seem to have a ‘try every door’ aspect to them.

There are people in this world who are remarkably parochial. I am an occasional participant at a blog moderated by a man who has been practicing political journalism (on and off) for 27 years. Now 48 years of age, he is barely able to process an argument contrary to the regnant attitudes of the institutions where he has spent his life. That is what an Ivy League B.A. (including some graduate work at Harvard) and two decades in magazine journalism gets you.

There are also people in this world who resemble the world’s difficult and self-centered mothers. Their default mode of interacting with people is to insist on their way with regard to the pettiest matters.

I will wager both types are fairly common in MEd. programs, and the one’s who do not wish to brave the classroom end up in the student affairs apparat at your local college.

Paul W Primavera
Paul W Primavera
Wednesday, July 3, AD 2013 10:29am

1st Corinthians 1:18-19 – “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.'”

Philippians 3:18-19 – “For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.”

Alphatron Shinyskullus
Wednesday, July 3, AD 2013 11:34pm

“Sasser said the supervisor told her that the chancellor had a policy against wearing religious items and further explained “that she could not wear her cross necklace because it might offend others, it might make incoming students feel unwelcome, or it might cause incoming students to feel that ASP was not an organization they should join.”

So they were afraid of scaring away bigots?

Penguins Fan
Penguins Fan
Thursday, July 4, AD 2013 7:25am

I hope that my sons meet and marry a woman like Audrey Jarvis, and not because she is a beautiful lady (unless they become priests).

Colleges and universities are the devil’s domain when it comes to leftist thought, theory and practice.

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SoCalChick
Thursday, July 11, AD 2013 9:42am

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