> One case comes to my mind. A public school teacher wore a > gold cross around her neck. Just a little necklace.
> A child complained that it was offensive (we won't discuss > the silliness of this assertion). The ACLU came swooping > in on the side of the CHILD. This really bothered me, as > I see the teacher's right to wear a small, personal > sign of her faith, as an important right. > If she was using the cross to preach her religion to the > class, or was wearing an inappropriate religious message > of some ilk, I might understand....but this just seemed > stupid to me. Unless all religious messages are inappropriate then there's no such thing as an inappropriate religious message. In a private school, I would be in favor of the teacher, since the parents have some choice in determining where their chidren attend... In a public school, just as with cops, I believe they need to take off the religious symbols while they're on the job. Jobs tell people to take out tongue, lip, nose and eyebrow rings all the time, which is trivial, so I don't think it's beyond the pale to ask a public servant to act as though they're serving the public and not just those members of the public who happen to agree with their particular religious inclinations. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Flash MX Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=57 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162199 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
