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  1. Xref: sparky misc.headlines:4994 talk.politics.misc:36194 talk.politics.mideast:17250 soc.culture.arabic:2874 alt.conspiracy:9427 alt.censorship:6354 soc.rights.human:2700 alt.rush-limbaugh:3139 alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:3878 rec.humor:24661
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  3. From: nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle)
  4. Newsgroups: misc.headlines,talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.mideast,soc.culture.arabic,alt.conspiracy,alt.censorship,soc.rights.human,alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,rec.humor
  5. Subject: Re: RUSH LIMBAUGH'S SECRET NON-AGENDA
  6. Message-ID: <nate.392@psygate.psych.indiana.edu>
  7. Date: 27 Jul 92 22:32:08 GMT
  8. References: <1992Jul21.163745.1898@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Jul27.170706.4768@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com>
  9. Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System)
  10. Organization: Psych Department, Indiana University
  11. Lines: 32
  12.  
  13. babb@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (Scott Babb) writes:
  14. >rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson) writes:
  15. >: n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio) writes:
  16. >: >Ah, but it is illegal now.  Not only can the school not pay for praying
  17. >: >at a graduation, but the SC recently ruled that no praying can take place
  18. >: >there, regardless of funding.
  19. >: 
  20. >: Wait a minute. The sc said that no one can pray while they are graduating??
  21. >: Please cite this decision I would be interested to hear it.
  22. >: Carl, do you have this SC decision banning prayer on FTP?
  23.  
  24. >WHAT!?!?! The Supreme Court has banned prayer on FTP?!?
  25.  
  26.     That's only if you're a sysop, postmaster, or some other form of 
  27. "agent" representing the internet. Users, however, are still encouraged 
  28. to use prayer while logged in (or at the very least, to cross their 
  29. fingers).
  30.  
  31. >  What jurisdiction
  32. >do they have over the data flowing through a TCP/IP port?  I'll bet that
  33. >many people who have FTPed across the Internet have prayed for a stable
  34. >network connection, low bandwidth usage, etc.  Does this mean that they're
  35. >all violating the Constitution?  (;-))
  36.  
  37.     Not necessarily. If they limit their prayers to exhortations for 
  38. help from gender and ethnic non-specific gods then their prayers might
  39. be allowable under federal guidelines.
  40.  
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  42. Nathan Engle                        Software Juggler
  43. Psychology Department               Indiana University
  44. nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu      nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
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