Seminole County School Board Announces New Guidelines Which P ermit High ...

[Michael Newsom]

I think that Mark's last point is terribly important.  If a high school choir sings as part of a particular church's worship service, then I think that the EC problem may be insurmountable, not to mention the day-to-day problems of a denominational choir as part of a public school curriculum that I referred to in an earlier email.  And many houses of worship would not, as Mark's remark suggests, would not want a choir if it did not fit the church's belief and worship systems.  Again, we are back to the real problem.  Who is included, and who is excluded. 
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  From: Scarberry, Mark 
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  My impression was that the Choir was going to sing in a "9-11" memorial program at a church. I agree that if the Choir were to perform as part of a worship service then there would be a serious issue. Churches often host other, more community-oriented kinds of programs that such a Choir could reasonably participate in.



  On a different note, I would not want a choir to sing in a worship service at my church unless the choir was doing so as part of the worship-as an act of worship. I think that rules out public high school choirs.

  Mark S. Scarberry 
  Pepperdine University School of Law 
  mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu 

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  Is not the problem that set  off this thread  the fact that the Choir was going to perform in churches-presumably during services,which is a differnt thing than a  gospel choir performing only in secular settings? 
  Marc Stern 

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