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To: Dayuhan who wrote (2754)	9/17/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 6418

I have never said that schools should teach Christian dogma. You will not find this in a single one of my posts. What I have said over and over is that persons of belief -- whether the be Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Wiccan, or whatever -- should have an equal right to seek to have their values adopted as society's values, even if their values arise from a religious basis. This is the issue which E and I have split on, and it is the issue I was addressing. I do believe that prayer should be permitted, though not required, in school, just as, for example, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited in thousands of classrooms every morning. Students whose beliefs prohibit them from reciting the pledge (which BTW includes a religious reference) are allowed to stand quietly or, if they prefer, leave the room during the recitation. So the principle is clearly established as to how to deal with such material. But the primary point is on the values which the school will teach and exemplify, and whether believers should have an equal right to seek to influence those values. That's what the debate was about when you entered it.