Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxn!jho From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.news.group Subject: A Proposal for net.religion.coercion Message-ID: <867@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 12:34:19 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxn.867 Posted: Mon Nov 5 12:34:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Nov-84 06:50:24 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 41 I propose to setup a new religion subgroup - net.religion.coercion. The aim of this subgroups will be to: a. Identify and discuss instances and areas of religious coercion and oppression. b. Propose ways to combat religious coercion attempts. Some Examples of areas of religious coercion and oppression: 1. Abortion rights 2. School prayer 3. Creationism 3. Book banning. 4. Witch hunt 5. Gay harassment Some subgroups discuss subjects such as abortion, creationism, etc. They emphasize the moral, scientific, religious point of view. This subgroup will provide a collective form for discussing these and other subjects only from the perspective of religious coercion. Although the the primary objective of this subgroup is to discuss religious coercion in the US, it should not be limited to the US. The are many examples of religious coercion in other countries (for example USSR and Iran). Exposing world wide religious (and anti-religious) coercion, will increase our understanding of this phenomenon. -- Yosi Hoshen Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois (312)-979-7321 Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho