--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "The intent of our offer has always been to reduce the level of > > > stress among students and staff—which has been our experience > > > with this program in schools all over the country," said Bob > > > Roth, vice president of the David Lynch Foundation. "We are > > > disappointed to encounter such misunderstandings > > > from a tiny but vocal religious minority. > > This is the point that it amazes me that several > people here have missed, in their "one-pointedness." > This quote was made by the *TM* folks, not by the > critics. *They* are claiming that the resistance > to the grant came from a "religious minority," > when in fact it seemed to come primarily from > former TMers.
You mean, all two of them that we know of. How many people total opposed the program, and how many of them were former TMers? Someone on the anti-TM side brought in the Pacific Justice Foundation, a right-wing Christian group (which usually helps Christians overcome opposition to *their* programs and beliefs). So it doesn't seem unreasonable to assume folks of that flavor were involved, whether they were former TMers or not. (Among other things, the foundation supported one student in her bid to be allowed to wear an anti-abortion T-shirt in school and demanded --successfully--that Schwarzenegger veto three bills it considered "pro-gay" that mandated schools provide information about GLBT issues and teach tolerance and respect for GLBT folks.) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
