Most of the fights over separation of church and state in the schools involve the attempt of proponents of a religion to force religious practice in the schools (ie., school prayer). Secularists usually try to make the point that it would be all right to teach a class in religious history or a comparative religious class but the theocrats aren't interested in instruction from a neutral perspective.
Another tack of the religious proponents is to prevent students (including non adherents) from receiving education that they (the religionists) don't want them to have, ie., adequate sex education. Also, there's a difference between education for children and adults. No one worries about adults being indoctrinated in the schools. Its children who are consistently targeted by anti first amendment crowd (and the Supreme Court recognizes this distinction). So I don't think voluntary classes being offered by the School system are going to attract the attention of overworked civil libertarians whether they include classes in Christianity or not. Maybe there isn't any demand for Christian classes since we all have it pushed in our faces on a daily basis just by living here. Linda Mann KIngfield _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
