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To: E who wrote (35859)	10/29/2001 9:25:56 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Apparently the ACLU recently defended Jewish children from religious persecution. I love the ACLU :-) A FIRST-HAND LESSON IN RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION When the Willises moved from the Pacific Northwest to Alabama six years ago, they expected a few rough adjustments, especially since their children would be the only Jewish students in the rural Pike County public schools. But nothing could have prepared them for the religious persecution they were soon to face. When fourteen-year-old Paul was disciplined for disrupting class, the vice principal handed down a stern and inappropriate punishment - ordering the child to write an essay on "Why Jesus Loves Me." When David, 13, didn't bow his head during Christian prayers, a teacher reached over and lowered it for him. On one occasion, the children were told that they couldn't wear Star of David lapel pins because, according to a teacher, they were gang symbols. At one point, school officials told the parents that if they didn't act to save their children's souls, the school would. More than two dozen incidents of anti-Semitism and religious persecution were documented in a lawsuit filed in August by the ACLU of Alabama. The lawsuit, now before a federal court in Alabama, charges that the school system violated the Willis' religious freedom, and that the school crossed over the line separating church and state. "How can I teach my children to be tolerant human beings and not bigots when they are subjected to outright religious persecution and bigotry in school?" asked Sue Willis, in papers filed with the court. The Willis intends to stay in their new home while they pursue their constitutional claims in court. ..............................

To: E who wrote (35859)	10/29/2001 1:01:39 PM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Dear, you, not I, brought up the ACLU. They don't shout people down, they just sue when people say God Bless America. Shout 'em down - shut 'em down. What's the difference? I have no idea how much liberal thought is expressed at BYU but I have NEVER heard of a campus speaker being shouted down there. J.C. may have gone too far in claiming liberals are "unique" in shouting down opposing views. They are, however, in the overwhelming majority when it comes to shouting down. Have a fun day!