Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 6:05 |
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Joseph Fatula wrote:
> And that's what he's getting at. I can't speak for all schools, but the one
> I went to was certainly anti-Asatru[1], though I doubt they'll get sued any
> time soon over that one. Those who believe that evolution is incorrect are
> indeed being taught something that goes against their beliefs in school,
> which I would consider against the rules as they stand. Then again, if I
> believed that 1+1 was actually 14, should school stop teaching this?
> According to the rules, no. Unless I believed this as part of my
> "religion". Then it'd be protected by the Constitution.
What if my religion taught that the Sun orbited the Earth? Or that the
world was flat? Would it be unconstitutional to teach me that the
Copernican worldview?
None of the Constitutional protections can be considered absolute. No
one would argue that, for example, human sacrifice should be allowed if
it's part of a religious belief ...
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