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To: Fiddlstix
The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.” That means no church attendance or witnessing.

I don't like the idea of mandatory service at all but I don't think this paragraph means what the author implies it means. I'm sure that what it's saying...and complete context would be helpful...is that the activities above can't be counted as 'vonteer service'. it doesn't say that folks doing service can't attend church.

27 posted on 03/25/2009 12:56:26 PM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: pgkdan; Fiddlstix
The bill forbids prosletizing and engaging in any activity that promotes any religion. It does not prohibit church attendance.

It also prohibits any activity related to abortion, political campaigning, lobbying, etc.

It's a bad bill but let's be accurate and honest.

btw, iirc more republicans voted aye than democrats.

37 posted on 03/25/2009 1:13:22 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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