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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
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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
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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.
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Yosi Hoshen
Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois
(312)-979-7321
Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho