Well I do agree with the fact that prayer should not be in public schools.
It's not the place for religion
If you want your kids to prayer in school, send them to private.
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From: Marwan Saidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:25 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Speaking of church and state
Not necessarily. The clause (... shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion) can be viewed two ways:
1. Using establishment as a verb. This interpretation is that congress
cannot make a law that establishes a religion
2. Using establishment as a noun. This reads that congress cannot make laws
respecting _any_ religious establishment. A law permitting prayer in schools
or allowing display of religious artifacts in publicly owned facilities
would violate the clause here...
-----Original Message-----
From: Monique Boea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:17 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Speaking of church and state
but the fact that people think it to mean that congress cannot make any laws
regarding religion is a misinterpretation
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:11 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Speaking of church and state
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:59:23 -0400, Monique Boea
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks! That was their exact argument.
>
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
> of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
>
>
> But I had never gave it a thought until someone challenged the
> misinterpretation of it.
It's not really a misinterpretation though. Not unless you consider
Jefferson's own explanation to be a "misinterpretation".
-Kevin
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