or prayer mats in all the class rooms for Muslims to use On Jan 12, 8:48 am, margareth <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder how these Southern Christians would feel about having statues > of the Virgin Mary, in the halls, and the children saying the Rosary, > during recess. In the final analysis, it is the parents who are > responsible for the ethical education of their children...not the > community. If the parents do it well, the children might rebel in > early adulthood, but many will return when their children begin to > arrive. In the meantime, forcing one faith on all, or even just > forcing the children to declare themselves is unfair. If some children > choose not to attend religious classes...they need not be singled out > for potential abuse. What would make much more sense is if the faith > communities were to accept their responsibility for the moral > education of the children. At the last time I checked, school > finished for the day at 3:00pm, and there was no school on Saturday or > Sunday. If an arrangement for academic credit were made with the > boards of education, it might interest many children. It might be > possible that some children would do the learning in more that one > religious institution, and on their own. Then they would draw their > own conclusions, and ..... would that be a bad thing? > > On Jan 12, 4:47 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do you need to refer to the constitution before you wipe your ass? > > > It is an axiomatic necessity that no religious deity should be able to > > influence the affairs of state in a functioning democracy. There is no > > surer sign of the advanced decay of bourgeois democracy throughout the > > world than its desperate reactionary capitulation to backward > > religious obscurantism. > > > When governments extol the sacred virtures of their culture, their > > religion, their way of life, what they are doing is cynically > > attempting to preserve the status quo and their position of power in > > society. > > > On Jan 12, 9:29 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The constiution bars the government form establishing a state > > > religion. There is no "separation of church and state" provision. > > > > On Jan 11, 5:12 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > in the stated ways. > > > > > On Jan 11, 2:57 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > LOL! Violates the constitution? How? > > > > > > On Jan 11, 3:22 am, "florida mike !" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > lets see first of all the title to your thread is false and > > > > > > misleading > > > > > > and secondly the schoolis violating the constitution by not > > > > > > sperating > > > > > > church and state ! > > > > > > H.S. v. Huntington County Comm. School Corp. (U.S. Dist.Ct. – No. > > > > > > Dist. of Indiana) [Filed > > > > > > 11/08]http://www.aclu-in.org/subpage.asp?p=32 > > > > > > This case challenges the fact that the school corporation allows a > > > > > > release time religious program to operate during school hours in a > > > > > > trailer on school property which is hooked up to school electricity. > > > > > > Additionally, the public school teachers escort the children back > > > > > > and > > > > > > forth to the programming. > > > > > > ATTORNEY(S): Jacquelyn Bowie Suess > > > > > > > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& > > > > > > > On Jan 10, 6:24 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > AKA: American Communist Lovers Union > > > > > > > > From: Travis > > > > > > > Date: Sat, Jan 10, 2009 > > > > > > > Subject: ACLU Continues Pushing For Atheism As The Official > > > > > > > Religion Of > > > > > > > Country | American Conservative Daily > > > > > > > >http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2009/01/aclu-continues-pushi... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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