nick, if it wasnt' a school sponsored event then the students wouldnt' need a faculty advisor.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 7:45 PM Subject: Re: Enron executive commits suicide (Church and State) > >The students could meet at a cafe, or a friends house. The school needs > >to separate itself from religious events. > > It was about 200 students, it would be hard to coordinate getting that many > people to a cafe or a friends house. > > >The purpose of the neonazi group is to be discriminatory. It should not be > >allowed. But it doesnt' apply here because its not religious. > > You thank they aren't religious, part of being a neonazi is religion. Have > you ever talked to one? > > >And my problem with "a teacher willing to sponsor it" - shouldnt' be up to > >the students - a school sanctioned group shouldn't have to find their own > >faculty member, that should be provided by the school. > > No, teachers are paid to teach during the day, after school they go home, > just like I do. The school doesn't provide people past the normal school > day. Teachers would have to paid extra if it were part of their job to > sponsor a club, much like coaches and tutors are paid extra. But these > clubs are not school sponsored. > > >But the purpose of the school is not to teach any religion, nor favor any, > >thus they need to remove it completely. > > No, the purpose of the school is to be a place where members of the > community come to learn, be with others of like interests, > > >The problem is that your thinking on this is very simplistic - you believe > >majority rules, too bad for the rest of us. The problem with this thinking > >is that it excludes the rights of others if the majority wants it to. Our > >forefathers were smart enough to recognize this and ensure that all of us > >should be equally able to get an education without the religion of another > >infringing on us. > > I think you are making it more complicated than it really is. A group of > people meeting in the school. after school hours, and with no additional > money from the school, should be allowed to meet at the school as long as > what they are doing is not illegal. > > >A club is not an assembly unfortunate. A club is a group sanctioned by the > >school. A group of students are welcome to meet and discuss the bible at > >lunch. But the school is not permitted to have an official "lunch bible > >study". > > It is not an official school sponsored event! > > >No, I am attempting to show you how having a teacher preach islam or > >christianity to my jewish athiest children is an infringement on my rights. > > No, it is not, It is only in infringement if it some way hinders you and > your children from practicing what you believe. It is a waste of your tax > dollar if a teacher is doing it in class and not teaching the specified > curriculum. But it does not infringe on your rights. You do not have to > right to keep others from talking, you have to right to talk. > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
