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Re: artsednet digest: May 30, 2000

From: Ann Carolan (acarolan.us)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 03:30:39 PDT

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    > Michelle,

    You Said:

    >
    >
    > Racism and slavery were good enough for our founding fathers. Oh,
    > don't
    > forget sexism too.

    Are we all to be condemned because of the mistakes of our founding
    fathers? Did you expect them to be perfect?
    Of course these isms are wrong. But I do not remember them being written
    into the American Constitution which state that "all men were created
    equal, under GOD." I think you are blaming our founding fathers for the
    mistakes of human beings who did not live up to the ideals that were
    presented. Is that fair? or just? or even correct to blame them for
    others mistakes?????

    > Separation of church and state was another important concept to the
    > founding
    > fathers. What about that one?
    >
    > "To know what you know and know what you do not know
    > is the character of one who knows."
    > --Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius)
    >

    You are right. I do not know what document you are making your
    assumption about separation of church and state.
    I would be interested in knowing where the document is and what it says,
    in context, that separated church and schools.
    Couldn't have been the pledge of allegiance, nor the "one nation under
    God". So truly, Since you are a history teacher, please enlighten me. I
    understand that the laws of our land and its early foundations were
    taken from biblical principles.

    ann 


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