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To: Katelew who wrote (83099)	9/9/2008 12:41:37 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541851

What horrible behaviors would come out of high school students given a mish mash of religious platitudes that have character building as their objective? I'm not trying to be snarky just curious what it is you envision as being reasonable dangers to such a program. Two points. 1) I dont think that those religious platitudes are going to contribute anything to actually building character. You would have to go far beyond reading scripture over the intercom to start the day to have an impact. 2) I really dont think you are taking into account how those outside of Christianity would feel when getting preached to in the morning. It would enhance their feeling of being outside the group and fitting in is of enormous importance when growing up. This kind of practice would be a very nice way of singling out those with religious differences every morning. And yes, I am not a Christian. I would have absolutely hated something like this every morning. The above points dont really qualify as "huge" amounts of downside but when you add in an outright crossing of the line between church and state, I think it adds up to that kind of proposal. If I thought for a second that the Republicans would have any chance of implementing this kind of stuff, you would see me voting Democratic down the line. Slacker

To: Katelew who wrote (83099)	9/10/2008 4:30:57 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541851

>>What horrible behaviors would come out of high school students given a mish mash of religious platitudes that have character building as their objective?<< Kate - Sorry to butt in, but I would have to come down on the side of not reading religious texts in public schools, unless it's in a class on comparative religion. I appreciate your memory of having the scriptures read, but I think that violates the separation of Church and State. Religion, in my opinion, is properly taught in homes and churches. It's not a matter of expecting some kind of negative results. It's just a question of what is appropriate in each setting. - Allen