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From: [e-mail] (EMIL CHUCK)
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Subject: Re: Religious Right (Was: Rush Limbaugh: Victory from Defeat)
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Date: 23 Nov 92 01:05:49 GMT
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[e-mail] (Kinne Strong) writes:
=[e-mail] (EMIL CHUCK) writes:
=> I agree that the call to return to some moral center cannot be coerced
=> or programmed into the populace. On the other hand, many things that
=> Christians do that are not intended to be coercive are being prohibited
=> or censored because of the perception that we are forcing our views on
=> others.
=
=Could you give some examples? I suspect that most such events are easily
=explained, but since I really don't know what you are talking about I'd
=rather have you tell me, rather than explaining away my guesses.

Well, the one thing that pops into my head is forming an ecumenical
religious group on a public high school campus (story based on my high
school experiences, plus other stories that I've heard, so forgive me
for mixing this all together). It is not sanctioned by
the school board or the local school administration, and is organized
primarily by the students and some of the teachers themselves. There is
a lot of pressure on the administration to disband this group. I can't
recall if the Supreme Court has ruled on the "constitutionality" of
having such a group, but many people say that this group should not
exist because it has the perception of being supported by the state,
even though it does not (to my knowledge financially).

I recall very vaguely a story that goes like this ...
Even some of the lights at some of the more popular parks, though
privately owned, have received complaints because they dared have a
manger scene. (They also had a menorah, but this didn't seem to be the
focus of their complaints.) They suggested to add Santa Claus
and reindeer to the manger scene in order to make it more pallatable.
--
Emil Thomas Chuck    [e-mail]    Biomedical Engineering 1993
    Hope you have a very good "Native American Exploitation" Day.
I don't have to have a 4.0 GPA to succeed in life because I'm
good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.