ladynox25: (Default)
[personal profile] ladynox25
I don't suppose you remember the sign I saw a couple of weeks ago?

I talked about it here.

I happened to drive by it again today. This time I was able to read the last few words. Here's what it really says[1]:

"Y IS IT THAT CHILDREN CANNOT READ A BIBLE IN SCHOOL BUT THEY CAN IN PRISON"
I don't know if that's better or worse than what I thought it said.

[1] The bolded words are the ones I couldn't quite read before.

In the same entry, I mentioned that I tried to find out if Ana-Lab would match donations for Katrina relief made to the Red Cross. Today I recieved a note which stated that if Ana-Lab employees wanted to make a donation to the Red Cross or Salvation army to help with the recovery from Katrina, Ana-Lab would match donations. It's a bit late for them to match mine, I think, but it's good to know that any further donations will be matched. And it may be my vanity but I think I had a lot to do with getting that to happen, since I was the one who mentioned it to Debbie. Go me, I guess. *smile*

Date: 2005-09-14 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] texas-tiger.livejournal.com
I think thier point was that prisoners can read the Bible but children in school can't. Which is untrue, anyway.

Date: 2005-09-15 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rimrunner.livejournal.com
I was gonna say...who's stopping them?

But of course, what the originators of the sign mean is that reading the Bible isn't mandated in school. As far as I know, it's not mandated in prison, either...

Date: 2005-09-15 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjschaef.livejournal.com
Actually, I'm pretty sure what they mean is that you can't go to a school library and check out or pick up the bible, but you could if you were in prison. But, as long as no one is forcing a child to read the bible, I can't see why having it in a school library would be bad... especially if it were with holy books of (or about) other religions. That wouldn't seem illegal to me. In any case, the kids who WANT to read the bible can surely find one at home or other places. Prisoners obviously don't have that option, so having bibles for them makes sense...

Profile

ladynox25: (Default)
ladynox25

September 2012

S M T W T F S
      1
2345 678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 12th, 2025 11:35 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios