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To: Rambi who wrote (21087)	8/9/2001 10:42:56 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Yes, the Evangelicals are up in arms over the ACLU going after commencement benedictions..... I am curious about how Christianity is rewarded and agnosticism slighted in Texas schools. I certainly do not approve. In my own school days, I never encountered anything like that. Part of the time I was denominationally Jewish, part nominally Catholic, and part agnostic or atheist, and I don't remember any school official being offensive.......

To: Rambi who wrote (21087)	8/9/2001 3:40:48 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Hi Rambi... This is really a thorny issue regarding offering prayer at commencements or other school functions. I agree with you about the "tone" of prayer which was offered, and think that some judgement and sensitivity to others is called for. OTOH, you run into a freedom of expression situation when you try to "restrict" the type of prayer (wording, etc). I am personally not offended by someone expressing their beliefs. I have my own set of beliefs and hearing other perspectives isn't threatening to me. But I agree with you that it just seems more socially acceptable to "pray" in a manner that is somehow more "generic".