-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- From: The Extremist >Our country was founded on Christianity not Wiccan, Hinduism, etc. The founders were the sons >and grandsons of over a hundred years of colonial Christian tradition. From the Charter to Sir >Walter Raleigh circa. 1584, through The First Virginia Charter (1606), The Second Virginia >Charter (1609), The Third Virginia Charter (1612), The Mayflower Compact (1620), The Charter Of >Massachusetts Bay (1629), to the Declaration of Independence (1776), it is plain that the >American People were Christians and our forms of government were founded in the bedrock of >Christian Principles. It is because of the liberty that Christian principles secure that people >of other faiths have been able to freely worship in a manner they choose. Not all 'American People' were Christians. Not even all colonists of European extraction were Christians. Not even all of the 'Founding Fathers' were active Christians. But they all recognized the slippery slope of having the state involved in the business of an individual's personal belief in a diety, or lack of belief. >No one who reads the founding documents of this country can honestly say that this nation was >founded on any religion other than Christianity. Go read them for yourselves before you flame me >out of ignorance: I majored in American Colonial history, sir...don't lecture ME on what the 'founding documents' 'say'... This country was NOT 'founded on any religion', Christianity or otherwise. >While the "bubblegum" Wiccans consider themselves a legitimate religion Where do you get off referring to them as 'bubblegum Wiccans'? Perhaps because you yourself are a bubblegum Christian? BTW, the U.S. government has recognized Wicca as a legal, and therefore 'legitimate',religion. What other religions do you deem as not being 'legitimate'. What is you guideline for such a judgement? >and the Constitution affords them protection, in the matters concerning the teaching of our >children, the parents have a right to demand a more traditional standard for teachers. First off, in the case under discussion, no PARENTS were involved, only the school board. Second, who determines what is 'more traditional', and if religion is not taught in the classroom, what right does any parent have to dictate what religion a teacher should pursue, or not pursue, as the case may be? Would you object to a teacher in the South Carolina public school system who practices the Hindu faith, since by community standards, such a religion is 'not traditional' for the area? >The Wiccan religion is foreign to traditional American standards So is Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism...would you also advocate dismissing public school teachers who practice those faiths? What about a Native American teacher who practices a Native American religion? Again, if the teacher does not teach their religion in school (which all public school teachers are precluded from doing, even Christian teachers), what does it matter what faith they profess? >and many of their beliefs undermine the moral and societal bonds that keep a free nation free. >It is a slave religion based in ignorance, fear, and wishful thinking. How so? Give me particulars. You can't, because you display your woeful ignorance of what Wicca really is. >On a personal note, I live 15 miles from Scotland High School, the school that canned the witch, >and I can tell you the people of this area do not want witches teaching their kids. Oh...you polled each and every person in the 15 mile radius of the school? There was a time most people of your area supported slavery, too. And after the Civil War, supported segregation, and the lynching of any blacks deemed 'too uppity'... Again, even if what you say is true, you all have NO LEGAL BASIS TO FIRE SOMEONE BASED ON THEIR RELIGION! 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