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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bringing a Bible to school to read privately is OK.

Speaking about your religion with anyone else is where the lines get crossed.

This enters really murky waters.[/quote]

Not really. I personally find proselytizing distasteful BUT people have a virtually absolute right to speak with others about their religion.  And those others--myself included--have an absolute right to ignore them.

Same applies to kids.  I hope that they discuss religion with each other--good way to learn about each other's cultures (and a good chance for us to encourage them to do so respectfully).[/quote]
Can't apply the same standards to kids. Adults are equipped to handle people who UNWELCOMELY preach their religion, but children are not. We don't have enough of a problem with bullies in schools - and children in distress, even suicidal, over it? So now we are going to allow kids to tell others of a different religion that they are wrong if they continue to follow their parents' religion? (That is the indirect message. Imagine the conflict. A kid is brought up in a certain religion by his parents, and then in school other kids try to show him the "correct" way.)

To the people defending this, would you have a problem if Muslim children brought the Koran to school during bring-koran-to-school day, and explaining to your children that they must follow Allah to get to heaven? You'd be breaking down the doors![/quote]

I'm not sure how we went from "bring a Bible to school" to proselytizing. You secularists sure like to project. And to answer your question, no, I don't have a problem with a Muslim kid bringing a Koran to school. Why should I?[/quote]

I would be fine with a Muslim student bringing a Quran to school because I would view it as an opportunity for my kids to learn more about Islam.  However, this particular group - Focus on the Family - is not encouraging kids to bring their Bibles to school for any kind of educational purpose.  Anyone who knows even a little about about the Fundie Christian right knows exactly what this is about.   Signed,  A Christian Minister[/quote]

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