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> THE SNEEZE

>
> They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the
> already crowded auditorium. With their rich maroon gowns flowing and the
> traditional caps, they looked almost as grown up as they felt.
>
> The Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away
> tears.
>
> This class would NOT pray during the commencements—-not by choice, but
> because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it
>
> The principal and several students were careful to stay within the
> guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational and challenging
> speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for
> blessings on the graduates or their families.
>
> The speeches were nice, but they were routine until the final speech
> received a standing ovation.
>
> A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone. He stood still and
> silent for just a moment, and then it happened.
> *
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> All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED!!!!
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> The student on stage simply looked at the audience and said,
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> ‘GOD BLESS YOU’.
>
> And he walked off stage.
>
> The audience exploded into applause. This graduating class had found a
> unique way to invoke God’s blessing on their future with or without the
> court’s approval.
>
> Isn’t this a wonderful story? Pass it on to all your friends and
>
> GOD BLESS YOU!!!
>
>
>
> This is a true story. It happened at the University of Maryland.

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steff 98 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

That’s awesome!!

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Middleton, K1, GB | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

AWSome

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Ghost80 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

Pics or it didn’t happen.

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littlenick 134 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (5 minutes after post)

Marvelous! Soul you are awesome!

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (8 minutes after post)

Wow for real ? Im curious for the source :P

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Ghost80 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

Why did it go to court if all 92 students did not object to the prayer?

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littlenick 134 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

Ghost80 wrote:
Why did it go to court if all 92 students did not object to the prayer?

I don’t think it just had to with that school only, but for the whole state and the schools in it!

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

Lovely post Soul - thanks - from Mas (the long term user)

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Fairy Pants 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (20 minutes after post)

Ghost80 wrote:
Pics or it didn’t happen.

LOL.

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Gaurdian_Angel 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (21 minutes after post)

How great. passing religion through a sneeze

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (29 minutes after post)

Ghost80 wrote:
Pics or it didn’t happen.

Hey be nice !

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keep_itup 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (31 minutes after post)

nicely put., keep it up, just smile

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cattail 8 #
Newark, NJ, US | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (57 minutes after post)

Very cool!! :)

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 25 minutes after post)

nice i like it…

but can i ask why there was this court ruling???

i love the way he got around it…. i would def appulase that student… x

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (2 hours, 17 minutes after post)

I imagine that it would be for those who are not of the Christian religion, or religious at all.

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AKITHMA 15 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (4 hours, 7 minutes after post)

lol,God bless em alright!:)thanks soul ,when all else fails improvise

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (4 hours, 23 minutes after post)

I love stories like that! Thanks for sharing

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Dots 3 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (7 hours, 56 minutes after post)

Thats cool!
Reminds me of my graduation, where one student, who was said to have not have made it to his senior graduation, walked up to receive his diploma, and the entire class (100s of us) as well as every parent and friend, gave him a standing ovation.
Stuff like that makes me smile :D

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An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (14 hours, 37 minutes after post)

That’s amazing

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

Truely amazing

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sos1234 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

very nice story

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SoulRising 111 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

It touched my heart and I hoped it would touch yours:)

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An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

Im still not sleep haha. I cant go. But I wonder. Did all the students plan that sneeze? So was it like…When Marc goes up. We are all gonna sneeze. Or did it just naturally happen…..Ahh-Choo? Just like that…Ahh-Choo…Wow. Coolio. Haha I hoped they all brushed their teeth…lol. But I think its a truly devine story.

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3 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

smoknbowl wrote:
lol…sweet

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Silverwings 4 #
Adolphus, KY, US | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (4 days after post)

I guess with all the natural disasters we are having, as well as personal calamities, with all the suicidal thoughts that are raging, the new diseases cropping up, etc. etc…

They should continue their relentless push to remove God from every vestage of our society.

They took him out of schools a long time ago, and look what was reaped…

Now children, are even fearful to go to school.

And how much time and money is spent on trying to make them safe…..

Never heard of anything like that when I was in school.

WE were very proud to ask God to watch over us, as well as to say the pledge of allegiance to our flag. It started the day out on a good note, and fear was never an issue.

We have come a long way, but, in which direction???

Who would have ever thought one would have to conive…

to speak Gods name, in the Land of the Free….

and the Home of the Brave??

Where have they all gone??? :(

Those that made America great…..

And were not afraid to bow their knee before our God.

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (4 days, 10 hours after post)

So very true Silver, sad indeed, but true.

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (5 days, 12 hours after post)

Silverwings wrote:
I guess with all the natural disasters we are having, as well as personal calamities, with all the suicidal thoughts that are raging, the new diseases cropping up, etc. etc…

They should continue their relentless push to remove God from every vestage of our society.

They took him out of schools a long time ago, and look what was reaped…

Now children, are even fearful to go to school.

And how much time and money is spent on trying to make them safe…..

Never heard of anything like that when I was in school.

WE were very proud to ask God to watch over us, as well as to say the pledge of allegiance to our flag. It started the day out on a good note, and fear was never an issue.

We have come a long way, but, in which direction???

Who would have ever thought one would have to conive…

to speak Gods name, in the Land of the Free….

and the Home of the Brave??

Where have they all gone??? :(

Those that made America great…..

And were not afraid to bow their knee before our God.

Look up Deists. And honestly it was kinda insulting for me to have to stand up and pledge allegiance to the Government and some invisible skydaddy. They say its voluntary now, its pure B.S. I tried to opt out of it and my teacher just told me stand up or get detention.

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JibberJabber 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

Sorry you feel that way Ghost80; you are missing the point of living…

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

JibberJabber wrote:
Sorry you feel that way Ghost80; you are missing the point of living…

What is he missing? Cause I sure as hell agree with him and I feel like I’ve never been so alive.

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ConfusedNeko 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

Ghost80 wrote:

Silverwings wrote:
I guess with all the natural disasters we are having, as well as personal calamities, with all the suicidal thoughts that are raging, the new diseases cropping up, etc. etc…

They should continue their relentless push to remove God from every vestage of our society.

They took him out of schools a long time ago, and look what was reaped…

Now children, are even fearful to go to school.

And how much time and money is spent on trying to make them safe…..

Never heard of anything like that when I was in school.

WE were very proud to ask God to watch over us, as well as to say the pledge of allegiance to our flag. It started the day out on a good note, and fear was never an issue.

We have come a long way, but, in which direction???

Who would have ever thought one would have to conive…

to speak Gods name, in the Land of the Free….

and the Home of the Brave??

Where have they all gone??? :(

Those that made America great…..

And were not afraid to bow their knee before our God.

Look up Deists. And honestly it was kinda insulting for me to have to stand up and pledge allegiance to the Government and some invisible skydaddy. They say its voluntary now, its pure B.S. I tried to opt out of it and my teacher just told me stand up or get detention.

I somewhat agree. I’ve never really believed in a “higher power” of any sort, and it’s better to think that you can use every word in your vocabulary to cuss that guy out and not worry about HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED flailing you. And I don’t think anybody follows religion to a T anyway these days. Did they not “trespass against those who trespass against us” in ANY war imaginable? If Jesus died for our sins, than he must have created a monster bigger than religion itself.

Shie 193 #
Gloversville, NY, US | 3 months ago (2 weeks, 1 day after post)

as i was scrolling down through the comments quickly to get here and write what i felt as i read this.. i see that there are a lot of people asking for proof that this really happened…

DOES IT REALLY MATTER if it really happened.. its a great story.. and even if its a legend… so what… imagine what this story could do for everyone out there who is denied the right to preach the word of god in anything..

great story hun… hugs

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MelvilleSensfan 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (2 weeks, 2 days after post)

ConfusedNeko wrote:

Ghost80 wrote:

Silverwings wrote:
I guess with all the natural disasters we are having, as well as personal calamities, with all the suicidal thoughts that are raging, the new diseases cropping up, etc. etc…

They should continue their relentless push to remove God from every vestage of our society.

They took him out of schools a long time ago, and look what was reaped…

Now children, are even fearful to go to school.

And how much time and money is spent on trying to make them safe…..

Never heard of anything like that when I was in school.

WE were very proud to ask God to watch over us, as well as to say the pledge of allegiance to our flag. It started the day out on a good note, and fear was never an issue.

We have come a long way, but, in which direction???

Who would have ever thought one would have to conive…

to speak Gods name, in the Land of the Free….

and the Home of the Brave??

Where have they all gone??? :(

Those that made America great…..

And were not afraid to bow their knee before our God.

Look up Deists. And honestly it was kinda insulting for me to have to stand up and pledge allegiance to the Government and some invisible skydaddy. They say its voluntary now, its pure B.S. I tried to opt out of it and my teacher just told me stand up or get detention.

I somewhat agree. I’ve never really believed in a “higher power” of any sort, and it’s better to think that you can use every word in your vocabulary to cuss that guy out and not worry about HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED flailing you. And I don’t think anybody follows religion to a T anyway these days. Did they not “trespass against those who trespass against us” in ANY war imaginable? If Jesus died for our sins, than he must have created a monster bigger than religion itself.

Hahahahahah I just wanted to do that

Anyway that’s awesome! And they sneezed all at once? Wow!

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