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- From: ljt3@CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU (Lewis)
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- Subject: Re: Limiting religious speech
- Message-ID: <LJT3.92Aug20225656@CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 03:56:56 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: fsars@acad3.alaska.edu's message of 20 Aug 92 22: 37:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug20.143700.1@acad3.alaska.edu> fsars@acad3.alaska.edu (Allen R Sparks) writes:
- >In article <UeYz6mS00XsEA6g0Vc@andrew.cmu.edu>, dh4j+@andrew.cmu.edu (David O Hunt) writes:
- >> Same thing with prayer in schools - nobody is saying you can't pray.
- >> What they're saying is that prayer cannot be organized and sanctioned
- >> (purposefully or by default).
- >Hmm... doesn't freedom of speech include freedom of assembly,
- >organized or not? Those are the grounds that they still allow the
- >Elk's Club not to admit women. === Al Sparks
-
- That's for private organizations. The problem is the separation of church
- and state, and that _PUBLIC_ schools are state-funded. They're not allowed
- to sanction any religion (or group of religions). Private schools can do
- whatever they want.
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- Lewis Tanzos - ljt3@cs1.cc.lehigh.edu - LJT3@PL122.eecs.lehigh.edu
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- All can know good as good only because there is evil."
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