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28 Mar 2006 08:00:06 AM |
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Georgia may OK Bible as textbook |
Georgia may OK Bible as textbook
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0327/p02s01-ussc.html
[excerpt]
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
If a new law passes, it would be the first state to establish the Bible in
its public school curriculum in modern times.
[snip]
For example, the bill's use of terms such as Old and New Testament reflect
a Protestant bias, some critics say. After all, Catholics and Jews have
different interpretations and names for the tome. "To pick one is to
suggest that is the right Bible, which is a school district making a faith
statement," says Judith Schaeffer, a lawyer for People For the American
Way, which works to maintain the separation of church and state.
.... making a faith statement," says Judith Schaeffer, a lawyer for People
For the American Way, which works to maintain the separation of church and
state. ...
[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.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| User: "fred" |
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| Title: Re: Georgia may OK Bible as textbook; good example of 10th and 14th |
29 Mar 2006 11:59:08 AM |
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wrote:
Georgia may OK Bible as textbook
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0327/p02s01-ussc.html
[excerpt]
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
If a new law passes, it would be the first state to establish the Bible in
its public school curriculum in modern times.
[snip]
For example, the bill's use of terms such as Old and New Testament reflect
a Protestant bias, some critics say. After all, Catholics and Jews have
different interpretations and names for the tome. "To pick one is to
suggest that is the right Bible, which is a school district making a faith
statement," says Judith Schaeffer, a lawyer for People For the American
Way, which works to maintain the separation of church and state.
... making a faith statement," says Judith Schaeffer, a lawyer for People
For the American Way, which works to maintain the separation of church and
state. ...
[end excerpt]
Not only do the states have the power (10th) to authorize the Bible as
a text book in public schools, but the classes which will use the Bible
are tentatively electives (14th). If classes requiring Bible were
mandatory then atheists, for example, may have something to complain
about as Jefferson reflected:
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation
of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."
--Thomas Jefferson: Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545
***************************************************************
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 =B7 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]
***************************************************************
. . . 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. Eisne=
r,
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)
. . .
****************************************************************
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.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
****************************************************************
.
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