"John Knight" <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
>Just because a feminazi and a "liberal" agree with each other that school
>prayer was never banned doesn't mean that school prayer was never banned:
>>1962: Engel v. Vitale. The Court ruled that public
>school officials could not require pupils to recite a slate-
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>composed prayer at the start of each school day, even if the
>prayer was nondenominational and pupils who so desired
>could be excused from reciting it, because such official
>state sanction of religious unerances was an unconsitu-
>tional attempt to establish religion.
The underlined are the key words.
>This was called "BANNING SCHOOL PRAYER".
Then it was called that in error, because school prayer was not
banned.
>It violated almost two centuries of "case law" to the contrary.
Actually, it did not. Several state courts had previously banned
school prayer, some of them over a century earlier.
>It was 180 degrees out of synch with the spirit and intent of the US
>Constitution,
False.
>and of the dreams of our Christian Founding Forefathers.
Not likely, since only Jefferson was an especial advocate of even
HAVING public schools.
>It was the STUPIDEST thing this country ever did.
No. Admitting you to this country was. But we probably had no choice.
>Your DENIAL that school prayer was banned earned you a permanent spot on the
>school prayer page
If you quote someone without their permission on your page, that is a
violation of copyright law. Be prepared to get sued.
>You're not just wrong, you're dead wrong. And you're proving to be complete
>and total morons to continue to make this disingenuous argument,
>particularly if you continue to do so after you've been advised of the
>facts.
You wouldn't know a fact if it bit you in the nose.
lojbab
