alt.education

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:44:27 GMT, Preventer of Work
wrote:

>jcon wrote:
>> Thank you for ruining my day by bringing this to my attention.
>> For the record, the simple statement "A civics textbook
>> invokes 'Original Sin'" would have been enough for me.
>>
>> The sad thing is that the textbook authors are too stupid
>> to even understand the irony of the phrase "lead the
>> students in voluntary prayer".
>
>"lead the students in voluntary prayer" - I almost spit laughing when I
>read that line.
>
>Sounds like this argument for god:
>
>1) We make you pray.
>2) It is voluntary.
>3) Therefore, god exists.

People have short memories.

There was rioting and death in nineteenth century Philadelphia because
Catholic kids were forced to read from the Protestant Bible and listen
to Protestant Bible readings.

Those who objected were subjected to the same barrage of bigoted
falsehoods that those who object today, are.