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To: TXnMA

"Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

The second part means that school children can pray; moment of silence is OK with me, our sometimes stupid courts notwithstanding. I also have no objection to giving parents vouchers they can use to pay for parochial schools.

The first part means that public school teachers/officials cannot lead sectarian prayers as part of their job.

It all seems pretty clear to me. Any problems?


23 posted on 08/19/2004 7:44:00 AM PDT by doug9732
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To: doug9732
The second part means that school children can pray;

Agreed. What I have a problem with is your "moment of silence" implication that they must keep their prayers silent.

BTW, nowhere in the Constitution do I find anything about your (or my) right not to be offended by someone else's exercise of their First Amendment rights.

In fact, we seem to be doing a fair job of exercising them here -- and I don't see anyone bleeding...

24 posted on 08/19/2004 8:37:00 AM PDT by TXnMA (...or prohibit the free expression thereof...)
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