Then there's the issue of access to public buildings. My father was the president of the local school board and felt that the school was being paid for by taxpayer dollars, so if local organizations wanted to hold meetings or events at the school, then they would have the ability to do so. They would submit a proposal and a plan and unless the board determined that they activity that they would be engaged in would harm either person or property, then no problem. All sorts of groups used the school for their organizations; sewing clubs, book clubs, women's groups, etc. But a small group of people in my community raised a big stink over the Boy Scouts and the local CCW (Forgot what it stands for but it's a Catholics women's group) meeting there. The only reason the CCW was meeting there was because the church was undergoing major renovations and weren't allowed in the building. Anyways, it was absurd. Their whole "argument" was the separation of church and state. He basically told them to take a long walk off of a short cliff and if they didn't like it then tough. Vote him out in the next election. They tried to do just that. The great part was that not only did he win by the largest margin ever before, but the turnout was larger than ever before. Now THAT'S democracy!
Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630/627-5200 x-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick McClure To: CF-Community Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide That right, but If I cannot say a prayer in school, isn't that prohibiting the free exercise of religion? I am not a religious person, but this kinda stuff make me mad, I don't think schools should post the Ten Commandments, but I also don't see a problem with a student saying a prayer, or a teacher leading a group of consenting students in a prayer. At 04:13 PM 1/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >US Constitution: First Amendment >Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or >prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, >or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to >petition the Government for a redress of grievances. > >That part that reads "no law" doesn't leave any wiggle room. If you disagree >with how the seperation of church and state has been interpreted by the >Supreme Court, well that's your right. It's my right to worship Satan too, >without stupid small town mayors breaking federal law and declaring my >religion illegal. > >jon ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
