Separation of Church and High School Graduation

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C. pressed the Cherokee County School Board to find a venue other than First Baptist Church of Woodstock to hold graduation ceremonies. The School Board voted to continue as normal.


Our course will address Education and Religion in Chapter 13, but why wait to enter this current debate.

What is your position on public school graduation ceremonies being held in a church?

Celebrating Dr. King

We have norms for celebrating holidays and most families tend to add little nuances. For example: Valentine’s Day has the basics of chocolate, flowers and the color red. St. Patrick’s Day has shamrocks, corned beef and cabbage and the color green. Halloween involves candy, scary images and the colors orange and black. You get the point.



What norms exist for celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day?

Guns or people with guns?

The second amendment of the United States Constitution grants the right to bear arms. Given the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona many have suggested the horrible ordeal wouldn't have happened if firearms were not readily accessible.

What is your position in this volatile debate?

Ringing in the New Year

Greetings and Happy New Year! People from countries all over the world have peculiar New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day traditions. Some include wearing a particular color of clothes, sharing a kiss at the stoke of midnight and eating collard greens and black-eyed peas.

What is your favorite New Year’s custom AND why?

If you don’t have a New Year’s tradition, which one do you find interesting AND why?