Re: Witch Stands up for Her Rights Infiniti Thu Oct 22 12:15:24 1998 : For me, the key question is, "Can you allow this *br*: without favoritism?" Everyone can be allowed to wear *br*: their own symbol, so no favoritism there. Every *br*: Bible-study/gay rights/Pagan Pride teen-group can be allowed *br*: to meet in school classrooms. But every religion's symbol *br*: can't be put on a town seal (unless it's a large seal, and a *br*: small town <g>). So that should be avoided. *p*I fully agree with the gay rights, which is not a religion last I checked <G>, but I am becoming a bit hard boiled on religion in schools, and not sure I want my tax dollars being used so some kids can meet at school and talk about thier religion. Schools are meant to educate, not for social gatherings or as chruches in the after hours. A year ago I would have agreed, then the ACLU got a friend of mine fired and told me it was right.*p*Personally, if you want to "attack" religious icons in Government, I think you should start witht he one dollar bill. It tends to get far more cerculation than a small town seal. Hell, I'm sure you could even make a point that it sends a message to non-Americans that America is a Christian nation, and only Christians are welcome. Or, "attack" the mayor of Kansas City, Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver, a clear violation of church and state if I ever saw one. Shouldn't be too hard to overlook the emmence work he has done for that city, espesially given that fact that his job is a bit like the King and Queen in England: the City COuncil is _supposed_ to have the power, he's _supposed_ to be the target of puplic attack and such.*p*We have bigger fish to fry, I think we can leave the crucifixion of some a small town to a later date.*p*Michael Re: Witch Stands up for Her Rights Jenny 103 Thu Oct 22 09:59:15 1998