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Malcom \Mal\ Reynolds Malcom \Mal\ Reynolds is offline
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"HeyBub" wrote:

Han wrote:

If you'd allow official proselytizing or sanction religious displays
(behavior, things) in schools you'd be approving that religion, which
is contrary to the law. If you want to come by my house and ask me
or tell me things about your religion, I am free to say no, as you
are free to try, as long as you do not annoy me.


I disagree. Merely permitting a behavior is not the same thing as endorsing
the behavior. If I showed up at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
in Bermuda shorts and a t-shirt, I'd probably be permitted to attend a
performance of The Marriage of Figaro. But I bet you a dollar, the
blue-noses wouldn't approve of my attire.


well maybe we can come up with a win-win scenario with this logic. Since the
KCfPA is a for profit institution and you had to pay admission to demonstrate
your sartorial excellence, let people proselytize in public schools all they
want as long as they pay a sufficiently high fee for the privilege. That money
could be used to build schools where the students would be proselytizing free