--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > Americans United for Separation of Church and State nails it: > > Transcending The Constitution?: Why TM Doesn't Belong In Public > Schools Even If Ringo Wants It > > (...) I like Lynch's work, but I'm not a fan of his efforts to slip > religion into the public schools. Lynch, backed by former Beatles Paul > McCartney and Ringo Starr and some other celebrities, has been roaming > the country looking to bring Transcendental Meditation (TM) into the > schools through a Lynch-sponsored foundation. They recently held a big > concert in New York City to raise money to promote TM to the public > schools. > > A suburban Chicago newspaper, the Daily Herald, talked about efforts > by TM promoters there to build on the concert and push for TM in local > public schools. > > Lynch, McCartney and others say TM is a simple relaxation technique > that reduces stress. I'm not so sure. Back in the late 1970s, > Americans United litigated against the use of TM in a New Jersey > public school. The court ruled in that case, Malnak v. Yogi, that TM > is grounded in Hinduism. Students were assigned the name of a Hindu > god to chant, and even went through a type of religious ceremony > called a puja. > > Has TM suddenly been secularized over the past 30 years? It seems > unlikely. The fact is, TM practitioners have always argued that their > beliefs are not religious. In 1978, an attorney for TM told the 3rd > U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that TM is a "true science." > > Today, TM's Web site tends to refer to it as "a technique," an > "experience" or a "process." But the site still refers to TM as a > series of "Maharishi Vedic Science programs." The site steadfastly > denies that TM is a religion. > > That doesn't surprise me. Like advocates of creationism, TM devotees > know that if they admit that their system is grounded in religion,>
Yeah, Jerry Seinfeld, Ringo Starr, and Howard Stern are secret Hindus. At night they dress up in loin clothes and beads, and worship a statue of an elephant god, and sing hare krishna songs. OffWorld
