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To: Brumar89 who wrote (216411)	8/21/2007 9:54:37 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793981

And the point, Brumar, is not to be cruel to the religious, it is to keep the public schools a comfortable place for children of all religions since they must, by law, be there. You have talked about the "forcing" of opinions- but atheists are no more entitled to tell their kids in school there is no God, than the religious folks can push their Gods. Insisting people keep their religious opinions to themselves around others people's children is just good manners, but since many people lack good manners, we have laws to make them behave. It is not logical to say that keeping one's opinions to oneself in a place where children are compelled to be, and compelled for a purpose that has nothing to do with religious education, is hostility to a particular religion. In fact these conflicts often involve people of different religions- Jewish or Muslim children who feel intimidated by a Christian teacher in an overwhelmingly Christian class.