Re: seperation of church & state?

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On 11/09/04, Gia wrote:
> The reason why is because public schools are an arm of the government. It is the government that establishes public schools. When a public school allows religion to be taught in that school, the Court interprets it as a government establishment of religion. If a private school school chooses to teach religion, and is not seen as an arm of the government, that is their perogative. On 10/08/04, just a kid wrote: > On 7/08/04, US Supreme Court case law wrote: >> The phrase "separation of church and state" is from a US >> Supreme Court decision interpreting the 1st Amendment.> How does some one get to the point of taking away the > teaching of religion in schools by this small article. It is > only stated to keep the government from establishing a national > religion. It should be a teachers decesion to teach religion > in class or to keep it out.

Misinterpitation: Across the nation. You can take the state ot of the church. But you cant take the church out of the state.