equivalent to the establishment of state religion, I also disagree that it
keeps others from practicing their own religion, unless your religion
specifically states that you can never see the religious documents of
another religion.
I think items like the 10 Commandments can be shown as historical documents,
so long as they are not given preferential treatment over any other document
religious or otherwise.
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From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:19 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Speaking of church and state
Prayer in schools is indeed legal. It always has been, and should be.
However, schools cannot _mandate_ prayer because that would be
"regarding an establishment of religion". Same with the ten
commandments. Posting them on government property would be
establishing a state religion AND preventing the free practice of
other's religions, both of which are prohibited by those exact words
in the Constitution and by Supreme Court rulings.
The intent is to protect people's choice of religion, not to ban all
religion. Banning religion would be against the Constitution.
-Kevin
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:01:24 -0400, Monique Boea
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> this is what some people use in the removal of the ten commandments from
> public places and prayer in schools arguments.
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