Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Educating Barry, Shemp, and MDixon

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 9/13/06 1:17:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In a message dated 9/13/06 11:21:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > School sponsored event. You gotta sit thruogh it if you want to > get your diploma. End of story. > > Doesn't matter, free speech issue. The person was invited to > speak. There is no law prohibiting the exercise of religion, > anywhere. Hmm, seems to me I recall prayer in public schools being banned quite some time ago. > That would violate > the first amendment to the Constitution. Case closed. The > first amendment does not say there are restrictions on > where free speech or religion may be practiced, it > guarantees both. *And* it says Congress may make no law respecting establishment of a religion, which means there is sometimes a *conflict* between that and free speech. Free speech, of course, is by no means absolute; there are many exceptions where the right to free speech conflicts with other constitutional freedoms. Yet, as I pointed out Congress  and many other government programs open with an invocation. Yet schools can't? Could the courts be wrong? Would it be the first time?  I have yet to see the government make any laws respecting the establishment of a religion but the courts have seen fit to deny the Free Exercise Thereof. Sounds like the courts that do so are overstepping their boundaries. Since there is no law, what law are they interpreting that says you can do it here,but not here. Or congressional members can be led in prayer but students can't. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___