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11 Nov 2005 12:07:42 PM |
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State-Sponsored 'Narnia' Contest Causing a Stir in Florida |
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/102005a.asp
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State-Sponsored 'Narnia' Contest Causing a Stir in Florida
Barry Lynn's Americans United in a Huff Over Use of Christian Allegory to
Promote Reading
By Jim Brown and Jody Brown
November 10, 2005
(AgapePress) - A religious freedom group is offering pro bono legal
representation to any Florida school that is threatened with a lawsuit for
taking part in a state reading contest that features a book in C.S. Lewis's
"Chronicles of Narnia" series.
As part of Governor Jeb Bush's "Just Read, Florida!" program, students are
being encouraged to read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in
conjunction with the December release of a Disney movie based on the book.
The director of the program, Mary Laura Openshaw, tells the Palm Beach Post
that the goal of the program is "to get kids reading" -- and that state
officials did not approach the reading program to help Disney or the
promoter of the film, Walden Media.
But it is not the commercial aspect of the venture that bothers the group
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which is arguing that
the contest violates the First Amendment because it promotes a "religious
story." Barry Lynn, director of Americans United (AU), tells the Post that
the Florida contest is "just totally inappropriate" because of the themes
of the book. "It is simply a retelling of the story of Christ," says Lynn.
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| Title: Re: State-Sponsored 'Narnia' Contest Causing a Stir in Florida |
11 Nov 2005 01:00:27 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:07:42 -0500, wrote:
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/102005a.asp
[excerpt]
State-Sponsored 'Narnia' Contest Causing a Stir in Florida
Barry Lynn's Americans United in a Huff Over Use of Christian Allegory to
Promote Reading
Well, that IS pretty stupid
What's a government agency doing promoting religious belief?
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| User: "The Fool" |
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| Title: Re: State-Sponsored 'Narnia' Contest Causing a Stir in Florida |
11 Nov 2005 02:47:42 PM |
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This is a pretty perfect example of anti-theists. Narnia, while being
a religious allegory, never says anything religious...not even once.
Since the book is not explicitly religious, opposition to it is not
focused on the story but the author. So, the government isn't supposed
to put any money into authors who are religious? Do you know how big
of a group that is?
buckeye-ELO@nospam.net wrote:
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/102005a.asp
[excerpt]
State-Sponsored 'Narnia' Contest Causing a Stir in Florida
Barry Lynn's Americans United in a Huff Over Use of Christian Allegory to
Promote Reading
By Jim Brown and Jody Brown
November 10, 2005
(AgapePress) - A religious freedom group is offering pro bono legal
representation to any Florida school that is threatened with a lawsuit for
taking part in a state reading contest that features a book in C.S. Lewis=
's
"Chronicles of Narnia" series.
As part of Governor Jeb Bush's "Just Read, Florida!" program, students are
being encouraged to read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in
conjunction with the December release of a Disney movie based on the book.
The director of the program, Mary Laura Openshaw, tells the Palm Beach Po=
st
that the goal of the program is "to get kids reading" -- and that state
officials did not approach the reading program to help Disney or the
promoter of the film, Walden Media.
But it is not the commercial aspect of the venture that bothers the group
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which is arguing that
the contest violates the First Amendment because it promotes a "religious
story." Barry Lynn, director of Americans United (AU), tells the Post that
the Florida contest is "just totally inappropriate" because of the themes
of the book. "It is simply a retelling of the story of Christ," says Lynn.
[end excerpt]
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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 =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 U.S. 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)
. . .
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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Ken Clifton
http://www.lulu.com/writingken
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