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Pastor lauds students pushing back on cross necklace ban as Christian symbol deemed ‘offensive’

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Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school’s ban on cross necklaces deemed “offensive,” receiving praise from a local pastor.

At Methodist Ladies’ College, a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, students have been asked to remove cross necklaces because they might offend others, the Herald Sun reported.

“My friend was wearing a cross and there was another girl in our class who said she found the cross really offensive and so the teacher told her to take it off,” an anonymous student was quoted as saying. “My friend’s parents, who are very religious, tried to get answers from the school and were told ‘it’s not a good look for the school.’”

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Would they ask Muslim girls to remove their hijab because others find it offensive? Hypocrisy.
 
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Michie said:
Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school’s ban on cross necklaces deemed “offensive,” receiving praise from a local pastor.

At Methodist Ladies’ College, a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, students have been asked to remove cross necklaces because they might offend others, the Herald Sun reported.

“My friend was wearing a cross and there was another girl in our class who said she found the cross really offensive and so the teacher told her to take it off,” an anonymous student was quoted as saying. “My friend’s parents, who are very religious, tried to get answers from the school and were told ‘it’s not a good look for the school.’”

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Pastor lauds students fighting cross necklace ban as Christian symbol deemed ‘offensive’

Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school s ban on cross necklaces deemed offensive, receiving praise from a local pastor
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Wait a minute, a Christian school bans the cross of Christ. Are we living in Iran or something. Yet I guarentee if a Muslim were to wear a burka or have a Islam symbol they would be welcomed and the school would get brownie points for being Woke.

We have seen the PC Woke in institutions, the media and even government allow and even promote Muslims over Christians. It seems its ok to attack and ban Christianity but its Woke to promote other religions like Islam because its PC.

This is just crazy stuff. We are undermining our own identity and history that made us who we are and turning ourselves into weak ideologues who pander to the sensitivities of everyone except ourselves.
 
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I have sent email to Pastor Murray's church, offering to send him these crosses I have been making. Do get ahold of me if you would like one or more. The production the Lord gives me, is slow but persistent :)

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Methodist.......i rest my case!
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The Global Methodist Church is faithful to the book of discipline and seems to resist the woke agenda.
 
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NBB said:
Everything christian offends the demons. Is all satanic, Jesus himself said the world was under influence of the enemy.
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Bingo!
 
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I reckon this school has drifted pretty far from its roots. :swoon:
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Yeah, I expect this sort of nonsense from the public schools. But a Methodist school? That's sad.

Do they make Muslim women remove their hijabs? I wouldn't even think of asking them to.
 
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Michie said:
Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school’s ban on cross necklaces deemed “offensive,” receiving praise from a local pastor.

At Methodist Ladies’ College, a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, students have been asked to remove cross necklaces because they might offend others, the Herald Sun reported.

“My friend was wearing a cross and there was another girl in our class who said she found the cross really offensive and so the teacher told her to take it off,” an anonymous student was quoted as saying. “My friend’s parents, who are very religious, tried to get answers from the school and were told ‘it’s not a good look for the school.’”

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Pastor lauds students fighting cross necklace ban as Christian symbol deemed ‘offensive’

Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school s ban on cross necklaces deemed offensive, receiving praise from a local pastor
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Though a Christian I have never worn a cross in public. I have read my bible on a train and other public places and even started conversations about God in many cases, had a fish on my car a few years but never a cross. Must admit stories like this make me want to wear one. Who cares if our identity in Christ offends people? Insults for our faith build our treasure in heaven.
 
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