Oblivious Sage
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- Posted: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:35:24 +0000
Lord Fates
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But it is relevant. It says that no matter how much influence the Christian religion may have on the American government, there are no official ties. As such, the government will not espouse Christianity, including in public schools.
I don't disagree with your point about official ties, but the Treaty of Tripoli isn't a significant piece of it. It doesn't mean much compared to say, interpreting the constitution. It could say we as a country were the holy defenders of the faith and still mean nothing, it is a minor treaty that made no impact of America. Thus I don't want to get into arguements centering around it and how it "proves" anything. So to that end I will move on.
Now then schools are not meant to preach anything, I fully agree. However there is a big difference between preaching and talking about Christianity in America. America is a "Christian Nation" in the sense that Christianity is by far the most influential and dominant religion, and has been so continuously since the nation started as colonies. To ignore that would be cutting out history. So if the teacher was teaching about how Christianity influenced America, this is no crime. That is very different from preaching.
In this case there is not enough evidence to show either way.
Are you denying that a teacher could preach by tainting how he presents the US as a "Christian nation"? Because that's the real issue here.