Cycloptichorn wrote:LoneStarMadam wrote:Cycloptichorn wrote:Quote:
What is the problem with teaching or reading religious literature in schools?
Because the school has no place teaching anything having to do with religion at all. It implies endorsement and that is completely unAmerican.
The founding fathers would have a fit if they saw people trying to mix gov't and religion the way some on the Right would like.
Anyone who wants to send their child to a school that does endorse a specific religion is more than welcome to do so, and in fact many parents do exactly that. And I don't have a problem with it; they just can't use the public money to pay for it.
Cycloptichorn
Again, what is the problem with teaching religion ir reading it in school?
You apparently haven't read much about our FFs & their stance on religion or God.
I guarantee that I've read more about the Founding Fathers than you ever have or will, Madam. You need to realize that the modern myth that they were highly fundamentalist bears no relation to reality...
The problem with teaching religion in school is that modern schools act as a function of government; and government cannot be mixed with religion in a secular society, such as the one we live in. It is specifically prohibited from doing so, in fact.
Cycloptichorn
If you've read more about the FFs than I ever have, then maybe you've forgotten some of what you read?
Gov't cannot endorse a religion, that doesn't mean that there can't be any religion in schools. Some more food for thought, while federal gov't could not establish nor endorse a religion, states could & did. The Puritans, for instance, was the official state religion of Mass Our USSC has usurped more power than was intended & they legislate more than they intrepret. Things have been added willy nilly to the Constitution that there is no mention of in that document.
