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To: Tired of Taxes
I see.

My position hasn't yet crystallized, but it seems to me that when school is out, the school building ceases to be a school and becomes just a building -- a public building available for public use. As such, I wouldn't object to either the BSA or atheists using it, just as I wouldn't object to them using a public park or public roads.

The BSA's recruiting during school hours in a public school does seem inappropriate to me, even though I think the BSA's activities are beneficial for boys and the community at large. But of course that's the problem with public schools: they make something that is morally right (the teaching of religious morality) into something that is morally wrong (the teaching of religious morality using someone else's money).

67 posted on 06/13/2002 11:19:17 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick
You make an interesting point comparing public schools/buildings to public roads/parks.

I think that public schools and buildings, even off-hours, are another matter because the buildings themselves are intended for gov't activities alone (public education, and so on). Thus, a political or religious group practicing there would constitute a violation of the First Amendment.

71 posted on 06/14/2002 5:35:51 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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