----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:46 AM Subject: RE: Prayer In school
> > I draw the line at that. Prayer shouldn't be taught in public > > schools, but if a group of people at the school want to say a > > prayer, then there is no problem with that. > > But... What if it's (say) a Catholic school? Theoretically, shouldn't > all pupils be Catholic, so therefore they SHOULD be taught Prayer... Or > am I wrong in this? We are talking about public schools in the US. Private schools are a different matter entirely. If folks want to have official school religious clubs, or school prayers they are welcome to attend religious schools. > > Personally I'm not religious, but if you go to a religious school, then > you should have to live with their edicts - shouldn't you? > > I'm personally against a normal school forcing religious education on > pupils, especially a multi-ethnic school - I was brought up as a > Baptist, so I know some biblical stuff, but I HATED that I was forced to > read Church of England stuff at school - RE was a required subject until > age 13, and this from a normal school... Can you imagine a Muslim child > being forced into this - isn't it a breach of civil liberties? > Yes, it is. > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > F: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
