Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: merlyn@digibd.com (Merlyn LeRoy) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: 1st amendment (was: religious courses in a secular school) Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 91 22:28:58 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: DigiBoard Incorporated, St. Louis Park, MN Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) writes: >If (for instance) my school district were in an area with a high degree of >Satan worshipers, and prayers to Satan were common at graduations and >other key assemblies then I would send my children to school elsewhere. Suppose: 1) ALL area schools graduated with such prayers, or 2) You couldn't afford to send your children anywhere else, or 3) You didn't find out until halfway through the prayer? I find it quite possible that all surrounding schools would have graduation ceremonies praying to God, or even specifically to Jesus, if this is not struck down by the courts. Your "solution" is worthless in the Real World[TM], where sometimes you cannot avoid being subject to such "official" religion. You are telling people to leave their own neighborhood public schools (which THEY PAY FOR) if they dislike the particular religion being pushed by the local school authorities. How terribly fair-minded of you. --- Merlyn LeRoy