>> How about the other way around, when the secular public passes a law >> that prohibits a specific religious practice? I'm not disagreeing with >> you, just probing the logic. > > >Depends on the religious practice. If the practice: > >1) Infringes on the rights of others or >2) Is against the law > >Then I'm OK with it being banned. I think certain exceptions can and should >be made for religious practices that may break the law, but who's intent and >execution is not harmful. > >Giving a sip of wine to second graders for some christian services, for >instance. > >A law cannot and should not be passed that bans the free expression of >religion, however. For instance, I believe that students should have the >right to optionally and freely assemble for a prayer in a public school. The >meeting must be optional, cannot be school led or held at a function where >attendance is for another event (an athletic event, etc.). > >You have the right not to be forced into religious practice, but you do not >have the right to be shielded from religion. If you walk past a prayer >service in the school gymnasium, and you are offended, you need to >relax....your rights have not been violated.
>From what I can see it has been. You're speaking from the viewpoint of someone who agrees with the majority. Look at it this way, you're a Muslim student and you walk by that assembly with students, teachers, and administration in a worship service. What's the impression here- that its an officially sanctioned event. And that in and of itself goes directly against the constitution. Same with bible readings over the school PA or just before school sporting events. The strong implication here is that these are government sponsored events. Ergo that student's rights are being violated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265344 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
