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Re: Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:29:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> I was with you (abstinence education as the sole path is a terrifically stupid
> approach) till this last bit, how's this a first amendment violation again? Free
> speech isn't free, remember, you the speaker have to pay for it. There is no
> obligation for the state to fund particular sorts of speech.
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> It might be a violation of the equal protection clause, or the freedom of
> religion (no law respecting...) clause... I haven't analysed it in enough detail
> to assert that, just tossing it out.
However, having the gov't making a 'judgement' about where your tax dollars go
based, as far as I can see, only on a 'Christian moral value', therefore
excluding other groups who don't want to preach the Christian ethic, sounds like
an infringement. You either fund the different 'views' of sex ed, or you fund
none of them.
I don't know if this is also getting into the realm of 'separation of Church and
State'--It doesn't seem that way to me, but it could be interpreted as the gov't
supporting Christian-only groups with your tax dollars.
Dave K
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| (...) Still not seeing it. Let's take the general (moral position) case here for a sec. Consider if the government said in a policy statement "we prefer if people pay their debts rather than dodge their creitors". That's a moral statement. Does the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I was with you (abstinence education as the sole path is a terrifically stupid approach) till this last bit, how's this a first amendment violation again? Free speech isn't free, remember, you the speaker have to pay for it. There is no (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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