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- From: jtbell@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jon Bell)
- Subject: Re: Limiting religious speech
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.024318.20936@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Presbyterian College, Clinton SC
- References: <UeYz6mS00XsEA6g0Vc@andrew.cmu.edu> <57411@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Aug23.000939.2789@wolves.uucp>
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- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 02:43:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug23.000939.2789@wolves.uucp> news@wolves.uucp (The Wolfe of the Den) writes:
- >
- > What is getting ridiculous is the extent to which speech is
- >being restricted in the attempt to prevent any mention of "religion" in
- >the public schools. When a student speaker is prohibited from
- >mentioning the strong influence of religion in their own life, without
- >attempting to impose any expectations on the others, or a student
- >privately bowing their head to pray silently in a non-disturbing way
- >gets pulled from the assembly, then things have gone too far.
- >
-
- Where have these things happened?
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- >Usenet Net News Administrator @ The Wolves Den (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
- >news%wolves@cs.duke.edu ...duke!wolves!news "We don't need no
- >There is a real person who watches this account. stinking disclaimers"
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- Jon Bell / Dept. of Physics & Computer Science / Presbyterian College
- Clinton SC USA / jtbell@presby.edu
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