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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.politics
Subject: Re: School Prayer -- My personal opinions
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Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 15:29:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 11 15:29:40 1984
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>> Is it possible that your religious belief, a belief in "non-God", and your
>> expectation that the state promote your religion, might be insensitive to
>> my religion, and in fact discriminatory against it?  I haven't really
>> thought about this, but the idea struck me and I couldn't argue myself out
>> of asking.........

That's silly.  No one is suggesting (like they did in Albania) making
atheism the state religion.  Keeping prayer out of public schools does
not mean sanctioning non-belief in god.   If you don't see that, you've
missed the whole point.  The government should have NO position, none,
on religious practice.  That's not a "yes" vote; it's not a "no" vote;
it's "I abstain".  Something I WON'T DO in November.

If you find me insensitive and discriminatory because I'd rather not
be forced by the government to kneel before your religious icons,
what can I say?  Pray harder, I guess.  But do it in private.
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