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  3. From: ljt3@CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU (Lewis)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.censorship,news.admin
  5. Subject: Re: Limiting religious speech
  6. Message-ID: <LJT3.92Aug20225656@CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
  7. Date: 21 Aug 92 03:56:56 GMT
  8. References: <4-hy-yq@rpi.edu> <UeYz6mS00XsEA6g0Vc@andrew.cmu.edu>
  9.     <1992Aug20.143700.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
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  13. In-Reply-To: fsars@acad3.alaska.edu's message of 20 Aug 92 22: 37:00 GMT
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  16. In article <1992Aug20.143700.1@acad3.alaska.edu> fsars@acad3.alaska.edu (Allen R Sparks) writes:
  17. >In article <UeYz6mS00XsEA6g0Vc@andrew.cmu.edu>, dh4j+@andrew.cmu.edu (David O Hunt) writes:
  18. >> Same thing with prayer in schools - nobody is saying you can't pray.  
  19. >> What they're saying is that prayer cannot be organized and sanctioned
  20. >> (purposefully or by default).
  21. >Hmm... doesn't freedom of speech include freedom of assembly,
  22. >organized or not?  Those are the grounds that they still allow the
  23. >Elk's Club not to admit women. === Al Sparks
  24.  
  25. That's for private organizations.  The problem is the separation of church
  26. and state, and that _PUBLIC_ schools are state-funded.  They're not allowed
  27. to sanction any religion (or group of religions).  Private schools can do 
  28. whatever they want.
  29. --
  30. Lewis Tanzos - ljt3@cs1.cc.lehigh.edu - LJT3@PL122.eecs.lehigh.edu
  31. "Under heaven, all can see beauty only because there is ugliness.
  32.  All can know good as good only because there is evil."
  33.