Sybil Ludington (11-16-2020)
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“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
MisterVeritis (11-16-2020)
Here's my take on that. If it was something religious taught in the classroom I would say no probably, be it Judaism, Christianity, Islam, or any other religion. However, because this is an extracurricular activity, then I see no problem so long as it fits in with the community and its general beliefs. The OP case probably fits the community well and no academic should try to tear the community apart. Say something similar was done in a largely Muslim community in oh say Dearborn MI then I'd say it fits in well with the community and the school should serve the needs of that community, serve to bring them together as a community some secular academic notwithstanding.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Cletus (11-16-2020)
Board of Education vs. Mergens, 88-1597, JANUARY 09, 1990.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...20for%20prayer.“There is a crucial difference between government speech endorsing religion, which the Establishment Clause (of the First Amendment) forbids, and private speech endorsing religion,” said Justice Sandra Day O’Connor for the court. Allowing students to meet on campus and discuss religion is constitutional, O’Connor said, because it does not amount to “state sponsorship of religion.”
If a high school allows meetings of groups such as the chess or the stamp club, whose activities are “not directly related to” the curriculum, it must also allow religious groups to meet there, O’Connor said.
...Justice John Paul Stevens, the lone dissenter, said that the ruling “creates a constitutional obligation to allow student members of the Ku Klux Klan or the Communist Party to have access to school facilities.”
But O’Connor noted that the federal law allows school authorities to ban disruptive groups.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
That makes sense, but give me your input here. What if it was a class about religion, but not advocating a particular religion? Say, a class that focused on comparing the basic tenets of various religions, their similarities, their differences, but did not tout any one as superior to any other.
Would you object to that?
I would kind of like to throw that question out to the general board, both those who support a particular religion and those who do not.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
MisterVeritis (11-16-2020)
No, I wouldn't object. How could you teach any history of the US without mention of Christianity and the big part it played. Would history would have to include other religions. Also any comparative religion class, as you say, not sure you'd find that until college but still that's fine. It's not establishing or exercising religion.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Cletus (11-21-2020)