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Report: Principal Tried ‘Magic' To Cure School
in response to reader comment: Separation of Church and State

Submitted by Tom, Aug 9, 2007 15:25

"No one has the right to perform any religious practices in public schools"... You're right. Schools shouldn't be allowed to rent class space to anyone who might ever reference a deity, including the Democratic and Republican parties. Boy Scouts of America is certainly out. Music programs must be prevented from including any music with religious roots. This goes doubly true for Mozart and Beethoven. First Amendment privileges should be suspended, including freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, and freedom of worship. The absence of worship should be all the religious freedom any student needs. We should ban all references to deity in daily conversation (even vain ones), censor the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Anthem, and prohibit the use of U.S. Currency. Any clothing religious in nature, or bearing religious symbols should not be allowed. And under no circumstances should students be allowed to have private, personal prayer on school grounds. ... on second thought, maybe you're a bit over the edge. I'll stick with the Supreme Court's "Lemon" test.

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I heard about this article and considered the sepration of "church and state" statement previous to mine. The separation should be... [MORE]

Quantum Inspirations

Aug 10, 2007 07:34

No one has the right to perform any religious practices in public schools--Christian, Hebrew, Hindu, Moslim, Santeria or anything else.... [MORE]

Celia M. Stewart

Aug 8, 2007 13:16

"No one has the right to perform any religious practices in public schools"... You're right. Schools shouldn't be allowed to rent...

Tom

Aug 9, 2007 15:25

I simply pointed out that the standard of separation of church and state is applicable to all schools supported by... [MORE]

Celia M. Stewart

Aug 10, 2007 09:10

The court case is Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971) [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_v._Kurtzman ], which I think more people should... [MORE]

Tom

Aug 10, 2007 15:04

I think the problem is the hype on the term black magic here. The hard question is, if over a... [MORE]

Monique Stines

Aug 12, 2007 19:33

Give credit for this Principal wanting all positive energy going towards the school on every level. The traditions she used... [MORE]

Dee Tanner

Aug 8, 2007 08:25

Dee Tanner brought up the issue of this prinicpal's background and whether other similar incidents were on her record. I... [MORE]

Arlo Duff

Aug 16, 2007 05:32

Arlo, this was supposed to be laughable. Tamayo wasn't that fair, you remember how she was to me, and clearly... [MORE]

James Anthes

Aug 16, 2007 16:38

Well actually I don't think it was Tamayo that banned me. Sinclair's the one who banned me, but after I... [MORE]

Arlo Duff

Aug 16, 2007 21:17

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