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Reply #28: I'll say GOOD for the school, it SHOULD BE allowed. [View All]

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Festivito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 12:52 PM
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28. I'll say GOOD for the school, it SHOULD BE allowed.
The school's job is to teach its students a set of basics for which it receives a basic supplant from government. Beyond that, it should be able to teach what it wants under the guide of the community which also offers it money, space and support.

The use outlined here respects the freedom of religion rather than respecting a singular religion. Whereas those who ardently believe there is no god seem to wrangle government to respect their belief in law above the beliefs of others, and disrespect the freedom of separate beliefs co-existing in this country side by side.

I understand the separation of church and state and know of many here who cannot wait to type it and use it as an end all of further conversation. Don't. It's not the law, it's a band-aid decision. The right is written in the first amendment, and if you want to make separation an amendment to the Constitution, by all means, go to it.

Until you make it law, the right to be free to choose religion exists everywhere, as does the right to free speech. Unless you agree with "free speech zones," which I do not, and certainly not within schools.

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