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Arnie, I skimmed the guidelines and am thankful I am not teaching any more. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnie Kuzmack" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:55 AM Subject: Re: Decider sets January 16 as " Freedom from the Religious Day" > The Dept. of Education guidelines mentioned in the article are at > > http://www.ed.gov/print/policy/gen/guid/religionandschools/prayer_guidance.html > > They summarize the current state of constitutional law and are > actually pretty good in laying out the restrictions against > school sponsorship or endorsement of religious observance. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ned Gardner" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 7:16 AM > Subject: Re: Decider sets January 16 as " Freedom from the > Religious Day" > > >> Bernard Barber Ph.D. wrote: >>> I wonder if the rules include the right not to have religious >>> observation? >>> BB >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rayilynlee >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:16 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Decider sets January 16 as "Religious Freedom Day" >>> >>> >From Cathi Herrod, the Center for Arizona Policy: applauding >>> >another Bush >>> "proclamation" >>> >>> Religious Freedom in Public Schools? >>> >>> Your children have the right to share their faith at school. >>> Do they know >>> that? Do their teachers know that? January 16 will be declared >>> "Religious >>> Freedom Day." By special proclamation, President Bush will ask >>> schools to >>> commemorate the day. Do our schools need this focus on >>> religious freedom? >>> Yes! Leftist groups, like the ACLU, have been hammering away >>> at school >>> teachers and administrators for years, trying to turn our >>> schools into >>> religion-free zones. But the law is on our side. The U.S. >>> Department of >>> Education has released a simple set of guidelines that clearly >>> lay out your >>> child's legal rights to observe and share his faith at school. >>> Many teachers >>> don't even know these guidelines exist, so why not observe >>> Religious Freedom >>> Day, Jan. 16th, by giving your child's teachers a copy? >>> Download a copy of >>> the guidelines here. >>> >> How fragile and easily forgotten are the faith based dictoms if >> they >> cannot survive for the week without >> a public school teachers effort to impart their prospective? >> Just >> wondering....... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn