See inline.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Church and State > > > That is fine, that is why the school has a library, that is where > you go to > study after school.
That is why there are churches too. > > A teacher can use their room for a group, like the drama club and that > doesn't bother you, but if it is a religious club, you just > happen to want > to study in that room. What? This is a flawed argument. Religion is highly volatile. You totally missed my point in the email. > > If there is not enough room for students to study and groups to > meet after > school, then students studying should take first priority, no question > there. But in a room that would probably be locked anyway, what is wrong > with a teacher using it to allow a group of students to hold a meeting? > > As for the reason they were complaining, they were holding > meetings in the > school for about 5 years not bothering anybody, then they were made to > stop. They were later allowed to use the school again after everybody > realized there was not interference with other students. > > Any group can hold a meeting, I don't care what they are. I am not even > Christian, I just don't understand what the big deal is. No big deal. Not a Christian argument anyway, it is a religious one. Religion should be kept out of public areas payed for by all of our tax dollars from people from all denominations (and no denominations). I do not want anyone, anywhere, to be made to feel uncomfortable by people practicing there faith in a public area, for whatever reason and whatever faith. It seems simple enough to just use a church for this. -Gary > > At 10:51 AM 1/29/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >But my point is that I may want to go there to study or whatever. Why not > >find some other place for the group to meet? When you have something as > >controversial and possibly diametrically opposed as the > conflicting views of > >two religions, why take a chance on holding the meeting where > there is the > >possibility of a clash? That is why churches and the like were built, as > >places of worship. I think that you just have to have laws that preclude > >certain activities - this is one. I would also hate to have Pat > Robertson or > >Falwell show up each week and lead the prayer. The argument can > be made that > >most Christians (that is who complains about all this anyway, I > don't here > >Muslims complaining) are fine people. But there would always be that few > >that mess it up. Maybe because deciding which groups could use a > public area > >is so arbitrary. A devout Christian might not allow a Muslim group to > >gather, or may make it difficult, while they go out of their way to help > >other Christians. The laws take away any chance of it being > arbitrary - you > >simply don't do it, find somewhere else to do it. > > > >-Gary > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
