Nobody is talking about a teacher teaching anything religious during class time. We are talking about an after school activity where the teacher is merely a supervisor.
Have you even been reading this thread? H. -----Original Message----- From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 7:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) Here is what you said: > > And the Christian parents are among those taxpayers, so it's their > resource, > > as well. H, would you tolerate your childs teacher teaching them satanism in class as part of their class time? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: RE: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) > What does the faith of the teacher have to do with what I said? > > H. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) > > > It doesn't matter because the teacher in question wasnt' necesarily > christian. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:59 PM > Subject: RE: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
