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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....
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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (937)9/7/1999 10:43:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 6418
 
I may have used secular humanist too loosely. I don't know whether any specific group claims to be secular humanist, and I'm not sure there is strict agreement on the term. But I have met individuals who called themselves secular humanists (Erasmus was probably the first identified secular humanist). So I can't name an expressly secular humanist group, but I think I can identify the principles.

As to coercive legislation, there are organizations that track this which are much better able to answer the question than I. But just from my experience: Students at a local school were prohibited from wearing religious symbols (crosses, Stars of David, even W.W.J.D. bracelets) to graduation, but they were permitted to wear jewelry which supported secular groups, including pop bands, social cause groups, political parties, etc. Only religious symbols were excluded. If a high school principal wants to read a poem by T.S. Eliot over the loudspeaker in the morning she is allowed to, but if she wants to read a poem by a psalmist, she is prohibited from. Washington State requires its teachers to provide moral instruction for its students. Guess what books are not permitted in teaching moral instruction?

Those are just a few I am personally familiar with. I could probably go on fairly easily if I wanted to.
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