And this violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, if the school is allowing other groups (voluntary, non-academic) to meet using school facilities.
We are talking about publicly financed facilities that must be equally available to all groups under guidelines and rules that are applied equally to all groups regardless of race, creed or sexual orientation. H. -----Original Message----- From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:41 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide the school should not PROVIDE resources for religious events. The school shouldn't sanction religious organizations or events. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: RE: Enron executive commits suicide > But in another post, you just said, the students should not be allowed to > use school resources (which would include the floor they're standing on, as > well as the class time taken), for a religious gathering. > > H. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 1:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide > > > Actually I think the rights of the 10 students to say a group prayer is > protected, although I would assume that the prayer couldn't interfere with > the teachers ability to teach, or the other students ability to hear the > teacher. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:11 AM > Subject: RE: Enron executive commits suicide > > > > Why can't you just respect the beliefs of others? > > > > I am sick of people thinking that I should change what I am doing because > > they do not respect my beliefs. So what, there are people out there who > are > > uncomfortable with me because I have long hair and don't shave very often, > > does that mean I should leave? > > > > If 10 students wanted to hold a group prayer before a test, are they > > supposed to go to one of the other students houses to say it? Should they > > wait until the halls clear to say it? > > > > >Yes, that would be an infringement, I agree. I did not say they were > > >required to pray silently. I said if that want to do it in the classroom, > > >they should. What if my religion requires that I NOT here others' > prayers? > > >Is that too not an infringement? Do I have to be the one to leave the > room? > > >The above is an endlessly looping argument. Best solution is to pray in > > >private for both of us. > > > > > >Gary > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
