[89452] in Cypherpunks
Will Jews be Forced to Accept Christ in Public Schools?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Tue Nov 4 23:35:51 1997
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19971104170109.00c98970@dnai.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 19:07:03 -0700
To: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>, Jodi Hoffman <jlhoffm@ibm.net>
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 6:01 PM -0700 11/4/97, Lizard wrote:
>At 07:39 PM 11/4/97 -0500, Jodi Hoffman wrote:
>>You're a bright one, aren't you?
>>Not that I feel I owe anyone an explanation, but since you took the time
>>and trouble to write so damn much.....
>>CIN donated the webspace. Another Christian organization arranged for
>>someone to build the website and, well, here I am.
>>Aside from the fact that I didn't want to have to pay for _anything_, I
>>think that was very generous of them, don't you?
>
>So, allying yourself with people who would gladly force *your* childen to
>pray to *their* God doesn't bother you in the least. Fascinating.
There is no way any proposed laws will force Jewish kids to pray in certain
forms.
(I say this not as a defender of the Christian Right, but in the interests
of truth.)
Due to my advanced age, compared to most of you, I was attending elementary
school in the State of Virginia before the Supreme Court struck down school
prayer (circa 1962). I vaguely recall a kind of prayer at times, which
anyone was free to ignore. Obviously a child will feel social pressures to
conform...but such is life in many ways.
The Jew in our class was specifically exempted from school prayers. Seth
Schrager--I remember his name somehow--was excused from Christian
activities, like building manger scenes and reenacting Christian parables
in school plays. Actually, we didn't _want_ any Christkillers in our school
plays.
Personally, I'd rather see school vouchers, or, even better, a complete
withdrawal of public funding for schools. Let the Zoroastrians send their
kids to whatever school they like...and let them pay the freight.
--Tim May
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