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prommie

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4. Its a liability thing.

Reply to okaawhatever (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 03:54 PM

Mar 2014

This way the schools can be sure they won't get sued by some fanatic out to prove a point. Fear of lawsuits forces school boards to overreact, so things like a school board prohibiting "merry Christmas" can happen just out of fear of liability, so then a law like this gets passed. Civil litigation against schools is ridiculous.

Serious question, when was the last time anyone has seen a see-saw, a plain old fashioned see-saw? Lawyers made them disappear.

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Oh! FFS. Tennessee bill would legalize wishing students 'Merry Christmas' [View all] okaawhatever Mar 2014 OP

Um...I always assumed it was anyways. Chan790 Mar 2014 #1

There are people who like to pretend it's illegal. Mariana Mar 2014 #9

I can't wait for the screams that will come yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #2

This will work atreides1 Mar 2014 #3

Its a liability thing. prommie Mar 2014 #4

Hee haw ... GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #6

this encourages lawsuits, lol! oh, and there's a public park with a see-saw near my home. unblock Mar 2014 #8

sounds like it will allow them to teach christmas and nothing else if they want unblock Mar 2014 #5

All it would take is a small handful of students requesting a school-sanctioned Eid al-Adha... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #7

Oh, they passed that bill here in Oklahoma this year, as well. KatyaR Mar 2014 #10

Our legislators would rather do ANYTHING Tsiyu Mar 2014 #11