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To: AndrewC
it has been a war on religion since prayer was removed from schools. Something that was practiced for ~150 years with the same Constitution. In any case, the science will stand if it is true. The mere fact that a label is not permitted because it establishes religion is evidence of the warfare in this nation.

Thanks for your reply, which is thoughtful and interesting. And also illuminates for me some of the differences between the US and the UK on this one. The British Constitution does not separate church and state, the Church of England is the established religion (and the monarch is head of the church); achieving tolerance for other denominations and religions was a struggle in our history. Prayers in school are standard and uncontroversial -- but also, to be honest, ignored. Church attendance is 'poor' here compared to the US, but whether that is good or ill is another matter altogether.

150 posted on 02/20/2006 9:25:56 AM PST by ToryHeartland
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To: ToryHeartland
achieving tolerance for other denominations and religions was a struggle in our history

You seem to have solved it, in spades, despite your "theocracy".(I know it is not, but that is a jab at those who claim we would become a theocracy for teaching that Darwinism has controversy).

Anyway, I have fond memories of England, having been there in the late seventies and early eighties.

204 posted on 02/20/2006 10:28:05 AM PST by AndrewC (Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)
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