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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.politics
Subject: Re: School Prayer -- My personal opinions
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Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 00:18:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 15 00:18:37 1984
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A  v e r y  personal view:

I am a second-generation atheist.  My fiancee was raised as a Hindu.

Can any supporter of a school prayer amendment explain to me how the
prayer resulting from the proposed amendment could possibly avoid
offending  o u r  religious sensibilities or those of our children?  If
you agree that we would find the prayers objectionable, then can you
explain to me why our right to freedom from religious interference by
the state is somehow not worthy of defending simply because we do not
conform to the religious beliefs of the majority?

It seems to me that the proponents of a school prayer amendment have
amply demonstrated either their profound ignorance of the concept of
religious freedom, their profound contempt for it, or both.

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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