--- 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. 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. > ************** http://www.adl.org/religion_ps_2004/facilities.asp "May a teacher serve as an instructor in a religious club that meets at the school where the teacher works? In Wigg v. Sioux Falls School District, 70 the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently found that an elementary school teacher could participate in a religious club meeting where she teaches. However, the decision is inconsistent with the U. S. Supreme Court's decision in Good News Club v. Milford Central School because it omitted discussion of the Supreme Court's finding that no perceived endorsement of religion occurred by allowing a religious club on campus because "... instructors [were] not school teachers." 71 Until the U. S. Supreme Court definitively answers this question, ADL strongly recommends that teachers not participate in religious clubs meeting in schools where they work." 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/
