Bible Guide For Public Schools Gets Jewish Okay
http://www.forward.com/articles/7082
Forward - New York,NY,USA
In an effort to neutralize the growing popularity of a right-wing Bible
textbook for public schools, two major Jewish organizations are backing an
alternative study guide. But some liberal watchdogs warn that the
alternative textbook also could lead teachers to violate the separation of
church and state.
The new textbook, "The Bible and Its Influence," has been endorsed by the
American Jewish Congress and the Anti-Defamation League, as well as
Catholic leaders and a wide range of liberal and conservative Protestants.
The ADL and the AJCongress both have condemned another textbook, "The Bible
in History and Literature," used in more than 300 school districts across
the country, according to its publisher.
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Posting and reading from alt.politics.usa.constitution OR alt.education
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 U.S. 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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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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