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To: jlogajan
"The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and... if any act shall be... passed to repeal [an act granting those rights] or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right." --Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. (*) ME 2:303, Papers 2:546

Like for instance praying in the public square, you know, schools.

17 posted on 09/05/2002 8:54:14 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
Like for instance praying in the public square, you know, schools.

Can I stand up and campaign for office in your school? Can I hold a political demonstation at your public school? No, I can't, can I, at least certainly not during the school day. So, a school, at least during the school day, is not a public square, and forbidding government-led prayer during the school day doesn't restrict prayer in the public square.

89 posted on 09/07/2002 10:05:49 PM PDT by RonF
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