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To: nicmarlo
We could spend the rest of our lives bantering and parsing the Bible, but the fact remains that I believe that in a secular school, the majority of the children are there to participate in learning skills and subjects such as Math, Science, and History. If a child "feels" the need to pray during class, I do not have a problem with him or her saying a silent prayer which does not disrupt the rest of the students. "To everything there is a season", in the classroom, scholastics take precedent.
145 posted on 11/19/2001 11:18:01 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez
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To: Luis Gonzalez
. . .in a secular school, the majority of the children are there to participate in learning skills and subjects such as Math, Science, and History. . . .

I am not advocating religion being taught in secular school. I am saying that if children wish to meet after school in a group, during the school day (say at lunch) in a group, before school in a group, and pray or study the Bible, then this should not be infringed against by the government. I also am saying if a teacher is approached by a student and asked Biblical questions, the teacher has a right to answer the questions without fear of punishment by the school district or threats by the ACLU. If, for example, a student asks a teacher about evolution, if this is really true, the teacher should feel free to state it is a theory but s/he does not believe it is true, that s/he believes in creation. The teacher does not have to proselytise to answer a question honestly.

I also believe a student/teacher has a Constitutional right to display, at their own desk, symbols of their belief (i.e., cross, Star of David, etc.), if they so choose.

The Constitution does not say there shall be a separation between church and state. It does say that there shall be no religion established by the government and that the government cannot infringe upon the right of individuals to exercise their beliefs.

Our Nation was founded on the Judeo/Christian belief. We have seen what our country has become since the Supreme Court ruled in 1964 that our country would do better without God.

149 posted on 11/19/2001 11:36:02 AM PST by nicmarlo
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