--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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. > > > > > > > The most religious minority possible: fanatical exers... > > My guess is that the threat of a lawsuit by the fundies > had more of an impact on killing the TM club than the > vocal ex-TMers. > > http://tinyurl.com/yhxzza > > Sharing the chagrin of some Terra Linda parents over the > TM club was the Pacific Justice Institute, a nonprofit > legal group that often advocates for religion to play a > greater role in public life.
(Primarily right-wing Christian religion, that is.) In > this case, though, the group threatened to sue the high school over > church-state boundaries. > > "If it's religious in nature and it involves faculty, then you would > have a problem," said Kevin Snider, chief counsel for the institute. gullible fool claims it isn't a fundie Christian organization, but he's quite mistaken. 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/
