[Winona Online Democracy]
If you do not understand
what the ACLU has been doing during and before your 11 years in the PTA then
you need to read more not less. If you have not heard any of the debate
on the word “God” on anything owned by the public then you need to
listen to the many media comments on the same. The reasons should not
puzzle you as public bodies in public building have chosen to shut the door to
any group, discussion or display that would open the door for an undesirable group
to offend the 85% plus religious community. Add to that the constitutional purists
who would love nothing better than to defend their right not to be intimidated
or indoctrinated.
Sad as it may be, the over protection of
the minority is alive and well.
Paul Double
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October 11, 2006 8:51 AM
After being in PTA for 11yrs and
listening to Linda Olson lament about nobody offering these kids after school
activities, I decided I would this year. WMS has but currently, does not
service either of my children full time.
I appreciate the progressive
spirit I have found in MN. I thank the Swedish founders of this state for
some really humanitarian services not found throughout the US. I don't mind
contributing to these programs with my state tax. They are REALLY good.
It puzzles me, that the books I am
offering to read after school, which have been read 6000, 2006, and ~2000yrs
around the globe, should be treated differently than something published during
the 1900s or even 2000s.
I believe our progressive
educational department in MN should include religon in 4th or 5th grade.
(Perhaps, even before The Fourth Grade Talk, so the kids are aware of the
background their ancestors used to make the decisions they face.) Because
a change of that magnitude would take years, I am offering it as an after
school activity. I realize, this subject was left out of curriculum
because it was considered a family issue. But with the weaken state of
The Family in the USA, 2006, I think our educators need to consider it.
Please help me in this
matter.
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