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From: jrt@hou5g.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: School prayer... say what ?!?
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 10:47:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 10:47:47 1984
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>> Please correct me if I'm wrong { I have no fears on that 
>> score :-) }, but there currently IS NO law (USA) that prohibits
>> an individual from quietly praying in school. Why do people
>> claim there is ??
>> 
>> So when someone says prayer is currently banned from school,
>> they are NOT telling you the truth. What they mean to say is that ORGANIZED,
>> MANDATORY, LEGISLATED, "USE THESE EXACT WORDS CHILDREN OR ELSE YOU'LL
>> GO TO HELL" - prayer is illegal, except if they called it that, no one
>> would support them.
>> 
>> AS AN ASIDE:
>> Besides, what is so damn special about praying IN school ?

Correction follows:

The law states a little more than that.  It is also illegal for
you to silently pray, if you do so in front of others.  It is also
illegal for the school to set aside a little "quiet time" where you
may pray if you like, silently to yourself.  It is also illegal for
a group (2 or more people) to get together by themselves on school
property, and pray.

	also, these laws extend not only to schools, but to public places
and state and federal buildings, such as libraries, courts of law, jails,
etc.

	Learn ALL the law, before you start flaming......


		(** FRODO **) alias hou5g!jrt