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Re: Bug#138541: ITP: debian-sanitize (was Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material)



begin  Jeff Licquia  quotation:

> Unfortunately, that's not always true.  Consider, for example, a
> workstation in an American public school, where a Jewish student notes
> the presence of "bible-kjv-text" (including the New Testament).
> Depending on the student, the school, and the attitude of the lawyers,
> that could create an embarassing incident.

I know people sometimes take the separation of church and state just a
little too far here in the US, but I have trouble believing that the
presence of a Bible in the school library, or an electronic copy of it
on a computer, would be any cause for controversy. There are any number
of legitimate reasons for its presence (student research into various
historical issues, for example). Where such controversies arise, they
generally involve things like Christmastime nativity displays, public
prayers performed at official school events, or the activities of
officially-sanctioned religious organizations on school grounds, all of
which can reasonably be said to relate to the "establishment of
religion" by the state.

Craig

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