In a message dated 8/23/2005 3:51:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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The
facts are what they are. Many American students have been drivenaway
from the natural sciences because of the overreaching of
somereligionists.
But you didn't say that at all: you said the
In a message dated 8/23/2005 7:36:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In 2003 the Justice Department investigated a report of religious
discrimination at Texas Tech University, where a popular and tough biology
professor required students to pass his classes in
In a message dated 8/23/2005 11:21:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The
accusation that he was antagonistic to religion was and remains patently
false. The fact of the matter was that the kid had made no demonstration
of the academic horsepower required, and I
Title: Re: Findings on Hostility at Smithsonian Noted in NRO Article
What would be an example of values trumping science? Now, Ive read articles and books in which authors offer arguments as to why certain scientific experiments and research are unethical. Because of these suggested
Title: Re: Findings on Hostility at Smithsonian Noted in NRO Article
Example: Evolution should not be
taught because Genesis (at least in the view of some, certainly not including
me) teaches otherwise. (Alternatively, students should be discouraged
from learning about evolution.)
I think it's important to distinguish, as the subject line
suggests, two kinds of purpose inquiries. The primary purpose inquiry
under Epperson/Aguillard/etc. asks whether the primary goal of the
legislature was motivated by a desire to further religion. The
intentional discrimination
Well, of course the pro-voucher side, correspondingly, generally accepts the
need for a common ground and for some state imposition. The vast
majority of voucher supporters are willing to have some state oversight of
the educational quality and, within limits, the educational content in their
Title: Message
I've been a member of the ACLU since
1979(the Skokie situation made it
clearthey were committed to basic civil rights even when it had negative
impact on their donations) -- I don't agree with all their positions
(same as with my church), butI
believethey are honest (like my
Thanks for your post, Richard.1951 - 1964 covers my public school career.
By the time my daughter started public school, in 1988, the change in
public schools was well under way -- although part of that may reflect the
geographical shift from New York to California.
Alan Brownstein
At 11:08
Title: Message
This is an old hoax. I've had it forwarded to me probably a dozen times
over the last few years and even took the time to debunk it on my blog,
as have many others. For some reason, the rank and file of the
religious right seem particularly susceptible to this sort of nonsense
Title: RE: Hostility
See my comments interlineated below.
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Subject: RE: Hostility
Well,
of
Particularly susceptible? Is this like
when the Washington Post said that followers of the religious right are
largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command? The FACT
is that there are a ton of e-mail hoaxes out there. I get them sent
to me. Things like this as well as warnings about a tax on
From
www.al.com :
Lawsuit seeks alternatives to faith-based prison drug
treatment
8/24/2005, 4:56 p.m. CT
By BOB JOHNSON
The Associated
Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)
Five Alabama prison inmates filed suit Wednesday claiming they are being
required
Presumably the State violates the Constitution if it does not permit equal
access to, and credit for, a non-religious treatment program. But I wonder
whether there's not a more fundamental problem. It's hard to tell from this
article, but presumably the treatment programs are operated, at
Is the religious apartheid worry (or fragmentation as Alan calls it)
based on any empirical evidence? For example:
1. Is there any evidence that religious-school students socialize with
others less well than do public-school students? I'm not aware of such
evidence. (And we do know that in
Brad M Pardee wrote:
"Particularly susceptible"? Is this like
when the Washington Post said that followers of the religious right are
"largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command"? The FACT
is that there are a ton of e-mail hoaxes out there. I get them sent
to me. Things like this as
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