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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 02:00 PM
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82. Like I said, its outside the public school's scope to provide facilities for religious instruction.
Not providing such facilities, during school time, is NOT prohibiting the free exercise of religion, and to say otherwise is sheer idiocy. The students are free to form their own Bible study group to meet after school or during lunch room hours, however the school's faculty can only approve the organization of such a club, they cannot lead it, nor endorse it to the exclusion of any other, nor can they give it any special treatment, such as being able to meet and discuss the Bible during instruction hours. Your argument is completely without merit, you have a gross misunderstanding of the role of public schools, and even of the ACLU. You do realize that when schools forbid the organization of Bible study or other religious clubs in schools, the ACLU has defended the student's rights to organize such clubs in court, don't you?
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