My first son (second child) is Moshe while the baby is Shemaryahu (not a rare as you may think). Now your example person has not imposed their views onto a captive audience but instead is answering a question put forth. If the answer was "well, this is the book of my deity who says all infidels are going to have to serve as waiters to me in the afterlife for not believing in her", well its still a legitimate answer. It might not be a nice answer but its the answer to a question put forth. It's like asking for spam. If you ask for it, you deserve what you get. If on the other hand she got up in the front of the classroom and said "class, now lets praise saffo, creator of the universe who gave us math and then open your books to page 214 and divide the numbers" she has a captive audience who can't leave and has to listen to something that they don't want. Like unrequested spam. So how do you want your spam today?
> Let's change the religious practice of Mrs. Smith slightly. > > She's a rather quiet woman who is quite happy to just do her job and teach > the children. She never discusses her religion on school grounds. > > But, she does wear a small pin every day on her lapel. This pin is a common > symbol of her religion. > > She also keeps a copy of her religious book in the top drawer of her desk. > She never takes it out of the desk while students are in the room. She only > reads it while eating lunch in private. But students are able to see the > book when she opens the drawer at times when they are standing near the > desk. > > One day, Michael Dinowitz's son (sorry Mike, I don't know the names of your > kids), asks Mrs. Smith what the pin on her lapel is for, what it means. > > Note, please, that I have been very careful not to label Mrs. Smith as a > member of any particular religion. For the purpose of this question, her > religion, whether it be any of the Big Three monotheists, wiccan, Satanism > or secular humanism, is irrelevant. What matters only, are the facts as I've > presented them. > > Here are the questions: > > 1) Can Mrs. Smith wear a religious symbol on her lapel while in the > classroom with students present? > > 2) Can Mrs. Smith keep a copy of her religious book in her desk? > > 3) How should Mrs. Smith answer little Mike Jr.'s question? > > H. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
