vision2020
Re: COLUMBINE AND GOD IN THE SCHOOLS?
Hey JSM (who ever you are??????) What ever blows your skirt up over your
head man. Hey man explain to me what is a constitutionalist? That catch
all phrase has always impressed me. Maybe schools should be exempt from the
vicissitudes of 'Big Brother'. With all due respect
Wolfgang M. Schwartzenweintraub
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----- Original Message -----
From: "JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>
To: <dcoombs@uidaho.edu>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: COLUMBINE AND GOD IN THE SCHOOLS?
> In S. Carolina, a woman was fired from her teaching job for "not
> representing the values of the community". She was a pagan, practicing
> Wicca, and the leader (?) of a coven. She had developed a web page
> explaining Wicca, and the page linked to some photos of coven members
having
> their bodies ritually painted (that means, naked). Whose god, indeed?
I'm
> not a strict constitutionalist and can understand the Columbine father's
> pain and the arguments of the S. Carolina community. However, I think
> there's a very good reason for the seperation of church and state, and
that
> means even in public schools. If you don't like the "values" of the
> teachers/administration, then send the little ones to a private school.
If
> you can't afford a private school, then I guess you'll have to put up with
> all us rif-raf and our little heathens, maybe even those godless teachers.
> Anyone want to talk school vouchers?
> jm
>
>
> >From: Don Coombs <dcoombs@uidaho.edu>
> >To: Cliff Fallon <fallon@eecs.wsu.edu>
> >CC: vision2020@moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: COLUMBINE AND GOD IN THE SCHOOLS?
> >Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:54:43 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Whose God? If you are open to having all the faiths represented
(including
> >some I myself consider weird but would never think of identifying
> >here) then I guess I see no flaw in your argument--
> >
> >Unless you were thinking of not allowing atheist and agnostic point of
> >views to be represented, even though atheists and agnostics pay taxes.
> >
> >I found the point that God had been returned to the public schools
because
> >students prayed during the Columbine massacre --
> >
> >I found that a little tacky.
> >
> >There has always been prayer in the schools, as the joke goes, before
> >exams. Coercing people into praying your prayer to your God in a public
> >school doesn't seem a great idea to me.
> >
> >But I'll bet you're happy with the U.S. Congress -- rejecting the
> >appointment of someone as chaplain because he was a Jew. Apparently the
> >chaplain is always a Protestant.
> >
> >Don H. Coombs
> >
> >
> >
>
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