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nil desperandum

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5. As distasteful
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 09:46 AM
Apr 2015

as most religion is there is no acceptable method for this to be implemented without a direct assault on yet another of our Bill of Rights Protections.

Parents indoctrinate their children all the time including politically, some kids rebel away to be sure but others find their parents politics to be quite acceptable regardless of which side of the aisle they are on.

I do not believe this is appropriate for our legal system any more than I believe I need the government's instructions on a proper way to raise children.

My children attended college, served their nation, one runs his own business and the other is a senior executive in her company all without any government assistance in protecting their spirituality or lack thereof. The government actually teaching science and not religion would be a great start, this idiotic intelligent design should be eliminated immediately. Government teaches that which can be proven with evidence, parents teach the other stuff for good or ill, that's how it should be in my opinion. YMMV as it most certainly should.

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Statutory Spiritualism… [View all] NeoGreen Apr 2015 OP
Well, one big thing getting in the way bvf Apr 2015 #1
Because you have idiots that will argue that you therefore can't "indoctrinate" your kids into math, trotsky Apr 2015 #2
No doubt... NeoGreen Apr 2015 #3
"show the harm" trotsky Apr 2015 #4
One look at the anxiety Lordquinton Apr 2015 #9
As distasteful nil desperandum Apr 2015 #5
I don't see how you could keep parents from teaching their religion Curmudgeoness Apr 2015 #6
No. LiberalAndProud Apr 2015 #7
Thanks for all the replies... NeoGreen Apr 2015 #8
We should be focusing on letting the teachers teach Lordquinton Apr 2015 #10
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