Declaration of Independence Banned at Calif School

[Andrew]

I notice that many people here seem to be up in arms after having heard just one side of the story--the argument made by the teacher's lawyer, who can hardly be expected to present an unbiased viewpoint.

It's possible that the principal has banned any references to the documents in question, due to a well-meaning but misguided attempt to maintain the separation of church and state.  In this case, the principal would be wrong.

It is also possible that the teacher was using the documents mentioned to advance the notion that we are somehow a Christian nation, and that the founding fathers were all Christians.  We know that this notion is false, and the principal would be correct in stopping the teacher.

We don't have any idea of what was going on in the classroom.

[Andrew]

But what scares me is that some of the judges they appoint have this kind of a philosophy (just like "under God" in the pledge).

Of course, that decision was clearly correct.  You can bet that the Supreme Court justices were happy they could find a way to overturn the decision (Newdow did not have standing to bring the case) while avoiding the substantive issue of establishment of religion.

[Andrew]

I hereby dub this topic the stupidest topic of the month.

Not the initial post.  That was fine.

Except that it had nothing to do with the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Results.