Nick, And what happens to those kids who walk out? They are subjected to harassment, threats and in some cases are assaulted. In one case in Alabama, the plaintiffs in a law suit on this issue had their house firebombed. This happened because they were trying to stop prayers over the school's PA system.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Enron executive commits suicide > > > At 07:26 PM 1/25/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Not at all. You can say it, you just don't have to make me > listen to it. I > >have rights too. > > You also have legs, and the ability to ignore people, and the > ability to > ask the person if they would do that somewhere else. > > >So you would not mind a teacher, leading a consenting group > (like maybe 1 or > >2 kids out of say 30) in a Satanic prayer? Oh, no, you meant > the MAJORITY of > >the group. Ah, I see. > > No, I wouldn't mind the teacher leading one or two students > in a prayer, as > long as the other students weren't forced to be a part of it. > So you don't > see ;-) > > >You see, that is why we have this great republic. It also > protects the > >minorities, or should anyhow. That has been it's strength > and we must not > >let that be subverted. What is a majority at one moment may > one day become a > >minority. Like ethical businessmen and politicians. ;) > > The republic id not hear to hand out special rights, it is > here to make > sure your rights as an individual are not infringed. > > >You can pray in school, just keep it between you and God, I > don't want to > >here it. > > Then leave, ignore it, ask them to be quite. > > >BTW - I am not attacking you, that is the "people in > general" you I am > >using, no offense intended Nick. > > None taken, I just don't see why somebody saying a prayer is > infringing on > your rights, if you can hear it, just ask them to say it > silently, if they > won't ask them to do it somewhere else. > > We have options as people that don't involve the law. We are > capable of > talking to one another. > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
