"H the K" wrote in message
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On 10/6/09 8:11 AM, thunder wrote:
On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:02:13 -0400, Jim wrote:


Sorry fella. You cannot teach history without touching on religion.
Also, with few exceptions, the federal government has no jurisdiction
over what may or may not be taught in public schools.

Well, Intelligent Design is one of those exceptions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmil...chool_District


Some school districts might allow the teaching of a comparative religions
class in the public school upper grades, but if the teacher or class goes
over the line and starts advocating a religion, parents or the ACLU or
both should slam the practice to the mat.

I really do not understand why anyone wants religious beliefs of any kind
taught in the public schools. When I was a kid, if you were Catholic and
were a public school student, you went to religious classes at your local
church *after* school. Jewish kids did the same - they attended Hebrew
school *after* public school.

First thing in the morning at public school, K-12, we recited the Pledge
of Allegiance. The "under god" nonsense was not added to the pledge until
the mid-1950's, and in my classes, I can't recall anyone who actually said
that while reciting the pledge. We never recited the lord's prayer aloud
as a group, or any other prayer, for that matter.

I do remember one teacher in 10th grade world history discussing the great
numbers of people killed in the name of various religions, and one teacher
in the 8th grade discussing the religions of the ancients.


I was in a Catholic school when I was growing up. I'm not Catholic. There
were many students who weren't - they were there because it was the best
school in the area. It was expensive also. Anyway, when it came time for
"prayer," the Catholic students (who had the permission or requirement from
their parents) went elsewhere (I guess the chapel) for the service. We
continued with our homework or whatever. There was no pressure, even from
the nuns, although I did get my knuckles wrapped a few times. hehe

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