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My post # 50 is a good response to your post. I am not certain if I included you name on the list.

I, too, am horrified with Satanism. It is an extreme example. However....Islam will not be and is already included in the curriculum of many school districts.

The best way to counter the spread of false religions is not to have generally godless and secular government schools with a sprinkling of lukewarm and generic Christianity such as my grandmother attended ( born 1894). The risk is that children will learn to be casual, generic, and lukewarm about God and faith.

Solution: Private schools that are NOT lukewarm about their Christian teachings and can boldly integrate the scriptures and the teachings of their church leaders into the very fabric of the entire curriculum.

I agree with the privatization of schools. There is a natural tendency of government to become overbearing and abusive in every area where they have power. The Founders knew this, and limited the power of the Fed accordingly.

However, cultural rejection of the concept that all cultures , religions, philosophies, etc. are morally equal is important. The Church vs. State argument always gets around to "well, would you be happy letting Muslims pray in school/city hall/whatever? Then we must ban ALL religion from everywhere", but this argument assumes that Islam, or Satanism, for that matter, is equal to Christianity, both in the sense of being a morally respectable religion AND of being equally important to the culture of the USA. Obviously, neither are true.

The Founders did not intend to provide for the acceptance of every single whacked out religion from the world over. They merely wanted to avoid a federally-sanctioned or mandated religion. The current interpretation of the First Amendment as a power of the Fed to regulate individual behavior inside local jurisdictions is a complete reversal of the very purpose of the Constitution, and that interpretation effectively strips the people of their right and ability to self-determination. If a community can't establish societal standards but are instead forced to accept foreign ones at the point of a gun, how can we possibly say they are in any way free?