On another list, folk were bitching about reported
attempts to indoctrinate students in Islam. Another
contributor wrote about a fourth-grade class which had an assignment to
make a model of a babylonian ziggurat...accurate down to the
the altar and accutrements used to worship the Babylonian
The First Amendment issue would seem to turn on subjective intent here. Mission architecture, and the missions themselves are an important part of the history of California. So if the intention is to make students more aware of architecture and architectural influences of the missions on modern
See generally Kent
Greenawalt, Teaching About Religion
in the Public Schools, 18 J.L.
Pol. 329 (2003); Jay D. Wexler, Preparing for the Clothed Public Square: Teaching About Religion, Civic
Education, and the Constitution, 43
Wm. Mary L. Rev. 1159 (2002).
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To my surprise, I received a request today for my translation of the Stasi
Report from someone who is not a member of this listserver. It seems that
at least some of our messages get on Google.
In return, the requester sent me a copy of the bill which was adopted by the
National Assembly. It is
