When she said that we should go back to running the country based on the 10 Commandments...that pretty clear that she wasn't a theocracy. She is a Dominionist after all.
I have a problem with that...school time is for learning...if you want to pray, do it at home before school or go to church. School is not the appropriate venue for religion of any sort (outside of talking about it in a historical context obviously or educating people on what the religion is about...not preaching about it...just educating). Eric -----Original Message----- From: Justin Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:04 AM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Sarah Palin says American law should be based on the ten commandments > You wouldn't mind your child being led in a Muslim > or Jewish prayer in school by their teacher, or > another student at an assembly...? I don't think that's what Palin was arguing for. The essence of the piece was that Palin and O'Reilly felt that a judge declaring the "National Day of Prayer" unconstitutional was in bad taste and the wrong move according to our historical traditions. Politically, I generally disagree with both of them more often than not, but I'm with them on this one. There is a HUGE difference between saying "outlawing a national day of prayer isn't the right thing to do" and saying "we should rewrite the laws to follow Christian values." The subject on this thread is entirely misleading in that respect. She said nothing of the sort. She even went as far as to say that the day is meant to encourage spirituality in general and that attacking it was wrong. I'm agnostic and not a very spiritual person, but I see nothing wrong with encouraging people to practice their chosen faith in a peaceful manner. Getting back to your point, nowhere was she asking for organized prayer sessions in schools. I would have a problem if that were the case, but it isn't. If the school or teacher wants to have a "moment of silence" where individuals can pray quietly to God, Allah, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whatever, I'm ok with that. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317934 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
