And if the kid is Jewish. This isn't a facetious question. Up until the 1970's the school systems in Newfoundland and Quebec were run by religious groups. There were quite a few cases every year of children being harassed by teachers for their religious beliefs.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:26 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > The school that our church runs, will accept any member of the church > regardless. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > Many groups use shunning of one sort or another. Moreover > private groups > are > very selective. For example a private religious group that supports a > school > can pick and choose the children that attend. If the child has any > difficulty, so what, they are not required to educate that kid. > Frequently > they dump those children off on the public system, who are required to > accept all comers. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:12 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > Larry, > > > > Not sure which Church you go to, but at our church, we welcome all > > walks. We don't shun them. We hope that if they come to > > Church God can > > have a positive effect on their life, but we would never > refuse them. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:09 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > Because you dislike who represents you, you think that all social > > funding > > should be withdrawn? Religious groups have an extra agenda above and > > beyond > > the overt mission. It would be all to easy for a group to say, for > > instance, > > because you are from (insert disliked group here) either > you repent of > > your > > evil ways or else (no food, no shelter etc). Moreover there > > is far less > > independent oversight and control over private religious > groups doing > > social > > work than what you have with public agencies. The recent > scandals in > > the > > catholic churches in the US and the church supported > > residential schools > > in > > Canada are very good examples of why that independent oversight is > > needed. > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:02 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > > > > I guess this difference comes down to who we fell represents > > > our society. I do not think our elected officials and > > > appointed governement employees represent our society. > > > > > > Russel > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Beth F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 03:54:07 EDT > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > > > > > > > > Actually, my reading on Catholic Christian doctorine says > > > it is our > > > > responsibility. I forget the exact reference, but I think > > > it is the Gospel > > > > of >St. John. "What you do for the least of your brothers, > > > you do for me." > > > > > > > > I don't mean it that way - I mean that its our society's > > > responsbility to > > > > take care of our society whether or not religious groups do > > > as well. We > > > > can't just wash our hands of the poor and expect someone > > > else to fix the > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > I use the old adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him > > > for a day. teach a > > > > man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." to guide > > myself and my > > > > activities. I personally feel that the way I am called to > > > fight poverty is > > > > in line with that adage. > > > > > > > > > > > > This does not preclude our society as a whole giving the > > > fishing pole as > > > > opposed to religious groups. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
