Part 2 - And as a consumer, I would vote w/ dollars whether I agree w/ their standard, or at least can live with it, or not.
But in the spirit of libertarianism, it is not free to impose a Christian practice of prayer on all people in a public school. If Christian prayer is allowed, so must other prayers be allowed. As you stated, we shouldn't expect the gov't school to do so, because they operate on a different worldview. So I don't believe we can argue for or expect prayer in gov't schools.
First, thanks for reading through the auto-correction of "consistent" to "constituent".
After posting I realized I could have been clearer in stating that the argument is for government schools. That's what most people purport when they argue for prayer in schools, that it should be in government schools. And I took that to be your meaning, too. Private schools, whether Christian, Muslim Jewish, etc, would of course be expected to purport their own standard of what is good.
I make the case that politics is both rational (in functional decision-making) and theological (in defining justice). Consequently, I believe a community has the responsibility to make clear their theological principles for determining justice.
I see no reason that a local/private school could not put up the 10 commandments to teach their children. The inability to do so in a Federal school is a sign that the Federal government operates on a different theological framework of justice.
So you referred to 6 & 7 later, whether by intention or accident, but rights 6, 7 and 8 are: right to a speedy trial, right to a jury and cruel and unusual punishment. While not the original intent, I think it interesting to evaluate right 8 in these restrictive times.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
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Part 2 - And as a consumer, I would vote w/ dollars whether I agree w/ their standard, or at least can live with it, or not. But in the spirit of libertarianism, it is not free to impose a Christian practice of prayer on all people in a public school. If Christian prayer is allowed, so must other prayers be allowed. As you stated, we shouldn't expect the gov't school to do so, because they operate on a different worldview. So I don't believe we can argue for or expect prayer in gov't schools.
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
First, thanks for reading through the auto-correction of "consistent" to "constituent". After posting I realized I could have been clearer in stating that the argument is for government schools. That's what most people purport when they argue for prayer in schools, that it should be in government schools. And I took that to be your meaning, too. Private schools, whether Christian, Muslim Jewish, etc, would of course be expected to purport their own standard of what is good.
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
I make the case that politics is both rational (in functional decision-making) and theological (in defining justice). Consequently, I believe a community has the responsibility to make clear their theological principles for determining justice. I see no reason that a local/private school could not put up the 10 commandments to teach their children. The inability to do so in a Federal school is a sign that the Federal government operates on a different theological framework of justice.
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
I don't know that the Libertarian view, which you espouse to, is constituent with having the Ten Commandments in schools.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
So you referred to 6 & 7 later, whether by intention or accident, but rights 6, 7 and 8 are: right to a speedy trial, right to a jury and cruel and unusual punishment. While not the original intent, I think it interesting to evaluate right 8 in these restrictive times.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
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