I dunno this reeks to me more of "I'm gonna get that teacher back for (insert various reasons here)" then "Oh my God she's wearing a cross my rights have been violated"
I guess in my grand scheme of things, someone wearing an emblem of their religion (Star of David, Cross, Crescent, Pentacle or whatever) isn't that important. Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 03:40 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Thanks ACLU! Importance: Low Reluctantly, I agree. Assuming of course that the facts of the case are as reported here. I think French schoolgirls should be able to wear headscarves, and American teachers should be able to wear a cross. I used to wear a star of David. I should be able to do that too, even if in my case I did not intend it to be a religious symbol. Dana On 6/28/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think *I'd* make the assumption that it's expressing her personal beliefs. > Provided that she's not preaching "the word" as part of her curriculum. > > sas > > Scott A. Stewart, > Web Application Developer > > Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) > 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 > Chantilly, VA 20151 > Phone: (703) 995-1737 > Fax: (703) 834-5527 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:03 pm > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Thanks ACLU! > Importance: Low > > > Larry wrote: > > Where and when? The cases that the ACLU have taken on are constitutionally > > based. > > The teacher with the cross around her neck is maybe one - however > there is an issue here: > > 1.) On the one hand the teacher has a right to express her religion > (cross, yamaka, head scarf) > > 2.) On the other, children may see this as an endorsement of religion > by the school. > > For example, let's say a police officer wears cross and pulls you > over. That MAY be an endorsement. Let's say he paints the cross on > his nightstick or gun. That IS over the line. And if we're going to > have the "personal freedom" argument, why ever have uniforms? Why > have a dress code for teachers? Should they be free to endorse any > lifestyle they'd like? How about if the teacher had a pentagram or > Nazi symbol? > > When you actually consider all of the possibilities the innocent cross > starts setting a precedent for things we don't like. > > So, I guess I don't agree that the question should be asked and the > only way to ask it is to bring suit. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162262 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
