I say
long live the over protection of the minority! There is a vital difference
between the study of religion and the establishment of religion, between
allowing many kinds of groups and encouraging certain kinds of
groups. Most of us can't imagine what it really feels like to be a
minority in this country, especially on religious issues.
Phil Carlson, Mpls
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Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:41 AM
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Subject: [Winona] FW: DISCRIMINATION with in
ISD-861
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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11, 2006 8:51
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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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