And the Christian parents are among those taxpayers, so it's their resource, as well.
H. -----Original Message----- From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 1:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) > At 08:03 PM 1/26/2002 -0900, you wrote: > >Except, because the teacher sanctioned it the school is also sanctioning it > >via their employee - the teacher is acting as a teacher not as a citizen if > >they are on school property leading kids in prayer. > > > >Why couldn't the kids just get together and pray without making it a school > >function (which is what they obviously wanted to do?)? > > The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a national organization, the > chapter of students from Lafayette wanted to hold their meetings after > school, they thought, hey we all go to this school, why not hold our > meetings here, so they found out that for a group to meet at school they > must have a teacher to supervise (not lead). So they found a teacher, but > when the school found out it was for a religious group they said no. > > In this case the teacher wasn't leading the students, he was just there to > make sure they didn't break stuff. They weren't trying to make it a school > function they just wanted to make it convenient for all students who wanted > to be a part of it. Except you understand that the reason the students needed a supervising teacher is that it makes the group a school sponsored event. The school is giving resources (paid for by taxpayers) for a religious group - and thats not allowed. Nor should it be. > Just because I work for a company and am of a certain religion, and say a > prayer before I eat lunch at work does not mean my company is pushing that > religion. I think this is the problem with all of this. People are people > and have they have rights as individuals, me saying a prayer to the Sun God > Ra does not infringe on your rights if you happen to hear or see me do it. You are welcome to say whatever prayer at lunch sitting next to me. > It is an infringement on your rights if I force you listen to me, and I > think that is pushing it. > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
