>From my memory, prayer was not taken out of school. Just the teacher lead or administration led prayer was removed on Constitutional grounds. I like the Japan argument.
stemcell On Sep 7, 1:50 pm, "Angelia Stinnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The editor's won't let me address her directly and will make me hold off on > writing a rebuttal, but the Memphis Free Thought Alliance Members can do it > much quicker and with less restraint than I will have to use. As a > columnist, I am liable or at least the Sun is for what we write, however, > the writer to the editor can speak much more freely, so sock it to her. > > And yeah, I react with hostility toward the religious when they're so > fucking stupid as to enforce Christianity in government, which includes > schools. As Sam Harris writes, "why should we be tolerant of ignorance, even > when it comes within Christianity?" > > Here's the arguments that can be used in a letter to the editor: prayer was > taken out of schools in the 80s, the 90s had the greatest decline in violent > crimes since WWII, . The decline of the 90s followed a boom in crime rates > that occurred during the 60s and 70s, when prayer was still in school. > During that time high school drop out rate fell from 14.6 in 1972 to 11.0 in > 1993. > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <<I wonder if calling Kathi Peacock a "stupid ass" helps the > > discussion > > or adds to the argument. >> > > > I have to agree with Jason. > > > Angelia, you tend to react with hostility towards the religious. > > EDUCATE them. Why not write an article dispelling this idea that "all > > of our problems" started with getting prayer out of the school. Use > > evidence and reason.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
