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To: P-Marlowe
The school accommodated Mrs. O'Hair's child. She wasn't satisfied.

You are incredibly ignorant of this case.

Not only did the school refuse to accomodate William Murray's request to be excused from compulsory school prayer, he was LOCKED into the classroom by the principal when he tried to leave.

And most schools up until the beginning of the 20th Century used the King James Bible as a standard English Textbook. So what?

Again, tradition does not make something constitutional. Most trains up until the beginning of the 20th century were segregated by race.

281 posted on 03/19/2006 11:26:08 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe (Olfrygt: the nagging fear of being unable to find beer while out of town.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
You are incredibly ignorant of this case.

I'm afriad it is you, lunatic, who are mistaken.

Read the case. The school district accomodated him by allowing him to leave the classroom if he so chose. It's in the first couple of paragraphs of the case. If they locked him in the classroom, then they didn't need any Supreme Court case to determine the illegality of the law. He could have simply sued for false imprisonment.

282 posted on 03/19/2006 11:41:49 AM PST by P-Marlowe (((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
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