Steven Williams Case - more factual information

[Steven Jamar]

It is not an easy line to draw, but schools can teach about religion, 
about religious beliefs, about the roles of religion in history, and so 
on.  But schools cannot teach the religion as truth.  The school can 
teach that Muslims belief there is but one god and Mohammed is his 
prophet, but cannot teach that there is only one god and Mohammed is 
his prophet.  Schools can teach that most Christians believe in 
three-gods-in-one or one-god-in-three and that they believe that Jesus 
is the savior, but cannot teach that Jesus is the savior.
And it matters a lot whether it is a science class or a world 
ideologies class.

On Friday, December 10, 2004, at 12:32  PM, JMHACLJ at aol.com wrote:
> I will ask those who care to respond to it this question:
>  
> Is there any circumstance in the American public schooling context in 
> which any of these assignments may properly be given to students?  If 
> there are, what are they?  If there are not, why not? 
>  
> Jim Henderson
> Senior Counsel
> ACLJ

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Howard University School of Law                     fax:  202-806-8567
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"Love the pitcher less and the water more."

Sufi Saying
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