{"id":23656,"date":"2022-08-19T11:01:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=23656"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:17:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:17:01","slug":"friday-media-scroll-free-speech-edition-second-chance-to-see-the-mulligan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2022\/08\/friday-media-scroll-free-speech-edition-second-chance-to-see-the-mulligan.html","title":{"rendered":"Friday Media Scroll: Free Speech Edition + Second Chance to see “The Mulligan”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08\/19\/22<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Caution: This Friday Media Scroll contains mentions of the Pledge of Allegiance, God (with a capital G!) and the Rosary. Reader discretion advised.
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From The AP<\/a>: <\/strong>The school board in North Dakota\u2019s most populous city reversed course Thursday on its decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at its monthly meetings, following complaints from conservative lawmakers and an angry backlash from citizens around the country. <\/em>Seven of the nine members of the Fargo Board of Education<\/strong>, including four newcomers who took office in June, voted last week<\/a> to cancel a previous board edict that was approved a couple of months before the election. The new board agreed with member Seth Holden<\/strong>, who said the pledge did not align with the district\u2019s diversity and inclusion code in part because the phrase \u201cunder God\u201d does not include all faiths.
\n<\/em>IMHO:<\/strong> The Fargo School Board actually made an excellent argument – for school choice. If parents truly want their kids schools run by folks who have a problem with the Pledge they should have the option of sending them to schools that reflect their point of view. Ditto for parents who believe otherwise. School vouchers that attach education spending to the children rather than entrenched systems seems like a good idea to me. That’s pro choice, pro free speech, pro child and pro diversity.<\/p>\n

From The Babylon Bee<\/strong><\/a>: Pope Francis<\/strong> issued a papal bull<\/a> Thursday authorizing the production of a new HM-18X Assault Rosary. The pope detailed key features of the innovative new rosary in his edict, including rapid-fire decades, an extended crucifix clip, and a laser sight for as yet undisclosed reasons.
\n<\/em>Note: <\/strong>Before CNN<\/strong> fact checks this and labels it “fake news” or papal bull…(something else), let’s be clear that the above “report” is satire. Here’s the real story that inspired it:
\nFrom The Catholic News Agency<\/strong><\/a>: An article<\/a> published Sunday in The Atlantic<\/strong> magazine suggests the rosary has become a symbol of violent, right-wing extremism in the United States…The magazine later changed the article\u2019s headline from “How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol” to “How Extremist Gun Culture is Trying to Co-Opt the Rosary.” Among other edits to the text, an image of bullet holes forming the shape of rosary was replaced with a picture of a rosary. These editorial changes, nonetheless, left the article\u2019s thesis that there is a connection between the rosary and extremism intact…\u201cThe rosary has acquired a militaristic meaning for radical-traditional (or \u201crad trad\u201d) Catholics,\u201d writes Daniel Panneton<\/strong> of the sacramental used in prayer by Catholics for centuries.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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IMHO:<\/strong> Thank God we live in a country that tolerates moronic anti-religious so-called think pieces. The alternative is far worse. Which bring me to the…<\/p>\n

Quote of the Week: <\/strong>“<\/em>(Free speech is) not about the right of people you agree with to say what they like and then you nod along. It’s about your ability to listen to people whose opinions you might staunchly disagree with. You might hate their opinions. You might hate them. But you should be able to tolerate their right to have a different opinion.”\u00a0 <\/em>– Piers Morgan <\/strong>on Real Time with Bill Maher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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