In a perfect world, this is how it would be. However, too many religious groups will not stop at the boundary. They think it is their mission from God is to proselytize, and that they will get points from their Deity for every soul they convert. They have no respect for the beliefs of others, because they don't feel that those beliefs have any validity.
When Christian groups talk about prayer in school, they only mean Christian prayer. They would be the first in line to protest if the schools allowed Hindu chanting, Muslim prayers to Mecca, or a Wiccan maypole dance. On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:57 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think a distinction has to be drawn, don't you? What constitutes a > "government sponsored event"? The students have the right to expect that > their school will not impose any belief system upon them, but they also have > the right to expect that their own personal belief systems...will be > respected. > > We have to allow for both, if we truly wish to have both freedom of > religion, and be free FROM religion....as a state. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:265355 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
