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  4. From: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
  5. Subject: Re: [ACLU] Guardian of Liberty: American Civil Liberties Union
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.192815.27567@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
  7. Sender: news@beaver.cs.washington.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
  9. References: <BxtFLA.6oD@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov18.012018.28417@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
  10. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 19:28:15 GMT
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  12.  
  13. In article <1992Nov18.012018.28417@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
  14. >
  15. >>     1981: Creationism in Arkansas
  16. >>       In Arkansas, 56 years after Scopes, the ACLU
  17. >>       challenged a statute that called for the teaching
  18. >>       of the biblical story of creation as a ``scientific
  19. >>       alternative'' to the theory of evolution.
  20. >
  21. >This seems to demonstrate a comittment to the "establishment" clause
  22. >of the First Amendment at the expense of the "free exercise" clause
  23. >of that same Amendment.
  24.  
  25. No. It does not affect the right of the individual to hold such religious
  26. beliefs as they wish. It does prohibit the state-run schools from 
  27. incorporating a specifically religious (and only one religion, at that)
  28. subject into the curriculum.
  29.  
  30. You seem to have difficulty distinguishing between private individuals
  31. and representatives of the government. As long as an individual is acting
  32. in their role as a representative of the government, they must obey the
  33. restrictions placed on the government as a whole. Furthermore, they
  34. voluntarily accept these restrictions upon becoming goverment employees.
  35. -- 
  36. Stephen Graham
  37. graham@cs.washington.edu     uw-beaver!june!graham
  38.