[PhilipFreneau]

>> I disagree with tpaine on this issue, but he's no left winger.

Maybe, maybe not; but one of the communist goals is to: "Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state"." Or, from "BOURGEOIS AND PROLETARIANS" in the Communist Manifesto" "There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, Justice, etc., that are common to all states of society. But communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience."

[philetus]

"I believe certain types of censorship are necessary to prevent the perverts of society from influencing our children. The same for general religious doctrines."

You want the gov to censor something that it underhandidly condones.

[E Rocc]

Maybe, maybe not; but one of the communist goals is to: "Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state"."

Not from schools....from private schools. Communists of course also seek to eliminate those. Libertarians strongly support such schools.

No one is saying that private schools can't have all the prayers they want. What those of us who believe in separation are saying is that since public schools subsist on tax dollars and can in many cases compel attendance, they must be considered an agency of the government and therefore must not show religious preference.

-Eric