http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/academy_religion
A couple things particularly caught my attention
in this article.
1) There have been complaints at the
academy that a Jewish cadet was told the Holocaust was revenge for the
death of Jesus and that another Jew was called
the top (or near the top) down. It happened when the majority started to oppress the minority. SteveOn Oct 6, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Brad M Pardee wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/academy_religion A couple things particularly caught my attention in this article. 1) "There
Steve,
It may be that I've been fortunate in the people I've
had around me. I was raised Presbyterian, and I don't remember hearing
anything said there about Jews at all unless we were talking about Old
Testament history and things like that. As an evangelical, I've heard
that there were
Steve is right that this is acase involving the creation of an intolerantatmosphere where there was a pervasive atmosphere skewed towardevangelicals engaging in proselytizing. Conversations are one thing, but an institutinally-sanctioned, pervasive regime where those who are not evangelicals feel
Marci,
My concern is about this case is that the
plaintiff's request seems to go beyond addressing the problem that is described.
It's one thing to prohibit attempts to involuntarily convert
[and] pressure the cadets, and those should be prohibited. A
prohibition on attempts to exhort or persuade
I completely agree on the legal aspects of the forced attendance, but I
also think that this anecdote gives us some strong insight into the culture of
the military on issues of religion. I would think it has some bearing on
what is happening at the military academies.
Marci
In a message
Brad,
Would you agree that in a situation where
one individual is in a position of authority over another that attempts to exhort
or persuade are impermissible. As a law professor at a public
university, I would never initiate a conversation with one of my students in an
attempt to
Alan,
I think it would all depend on the nature
of the relationship. I can look to my own experience on this. While
in high school, it was a teacher who first shared the gospel with me. Some
would consider that impermissable. In hindsight, though, I can say
without question that, when my parents
