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13 Mar 2006 07:13:15 AM |
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A Welcome Backdown |
A Welcome Backdown
http://www.bloggernews.net/2006/03/welcome-backdown.html
Blogger News Network - USA
[excerpt]
The University of Wisconsin announced a plan Wednesday that would allow
resident assistants to hold Bible study meetings in their dormitory rooms.
The plan was immediately praised by critics of the old policies in place on
some Wisconsin campuses, which barred such meetings as an infringement on
the separation of church and state, since the R.A.'s are state
employees.... The issue gained prominence in the fall, when an R.A. at the
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire complained that he was barred from
organizing religious meetings in his dormitory room".
[end excerpt]
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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| Title: Re: A Welcome Backdown |
13 Mar 2006 10:19:04 AM |
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What's so funny about peace, love and posting
the following on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:13:15 -0500 iin alt.atheism?
The University of Wisconsin announced a plan Wednesday that would allow
resident assistants to hold Bible study meetings in their dormitory rooms.
The plan was immediately praised by critics of the old policies in place on
some Wisconsin campuses, which barred such meetings as an infringement on
the separation of church and state, since the R.A.'s are state
employees.... The issue gained prominence in the fall, when an R.A. at the
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire complained that he was barred from
organizing religious meetings in his dormitory room".
Since dorm rooms are not public spaces, and legally are considered to
be private residences, I have no problem with this. It defends the
right of people to freely practise their religion.
Kudos to U-Dub for getting it right.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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