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So how does that change the decision-making dilemma of a parent with a school-age child? I don't, but I also know that it's a moot point, AND he has a valid point about which religion would be taught if the current ban were reversed. I think he explained that to do so would be worse than...

However, the mind-altering ingredient in MJ lasts for weeks, With Alcohol, the effect upon judgment, vision, coordination, etc. normally only lasts for hours. As we used to say, "he's sleeping it off." That matters when it comes to traffic accidents and similar doings that endanger the public...

Probably somewhat creepy at present, but in time we'll take all of this for granted. Or at least our grandchildren will.

Well, you've said it many times. What you must be missing is that the teaching of religion, at least of conventional religion, is not possible in the public schools at present, and that's because of court rulings. We do not need to sympathize with those rulings. The effect is what it is. The...

If that's the whole of the change, it probably will not have much of an effect. Some, yes, but not a lot and not immediately. On the other hand, the source you linked us to (along with others I've seen) says that this will be a first step towards a looser policy concerning MJ use and sales...

In the case of the elderly, there probably are several different groups involved. Some, such as you highlighted here, really did renounce their earlier decision to be believers, Christians. Why they made this move, I am not certain. Perhaps it's because, with advancing age, it's common for...

Untrue. Untrue. The fact that it's illegal is what governs the parent's choices at present. Whether any of us would prefer some sort of old-time religion doesn't change the fact that public schools at present are all forbidden by law to teach it. Again, there's no evidence that this claim is...

Unfortunately, none of that ^ squares with the real issue(s). That is why, I believe, Josiah isn't giving you the "answers" you want. It's impossible for anyone to do that while accurately reflecting the situation prevailing in both the public and Catholic schools and simultaneously also...

Most likely, we can find some preacher somewhere (or a few of them) who espouses almost anything you can think of. As we know, this particular make-believe threat of "Christian Nationalism" became an instant campaign issue a while ago with the political Left, even though it's not a genuine...

Hi, Yarik, and welcome to the forum.

The point is so obvious that this whole thing says more about the real purposes of the politicians who opposed this legislation than about the so-called "extremist" legislators who were vilified for acting to protect children.

Again, it seems evident that when you are unable to defend your contentions on their own merits, you start explaining that failure by claiming to have identified some unpleasant motive in your opponent. That's a way of trying to save face, but it's so transparent that those who resort to it...

Absolutely. That's why I wrote that no one is categorically opposed. Since much of what our friend is arguing seems to be theoretical rather than practical, we may ask who among us would oppose the teaching of religion in public schools under every conceivable scenario (even ones that we know...

But there is no problem keeping religion and God out of the public schools since they are already banned from the public schools. That is one main reason your constant refrain misses the point. The question has no particular meaning in the real world but only as a hypothetical. Would I/we...

The bill stated that "any adult who 'recruits, harbors, or transports' a child for the purposes of getting them transgender-related medical procedures without their parents' knowledge or consent is guilty of a Class-C felony. " Included among the "procedures" by the legislation are double...

First "thought"-- Governor DeSantis seems to be saying that his state will not comply with a command from the White House that appears to be illegal. There is nothing very unusual about that. Democrat governors have done the same thing. HOWEVER, this is not to say that any of them will not...

The problem with your approach still is that what we would LIKE is not at issue. We'd all prefer to turn back the clock, if that were possible, on what's happened to the public schools. However, we have to make these decisions for our children while taking account of what the public schools...

No, but I have the feeling that it's just as well that there isn't one. As I look around the web, it seems that most of the pastors who have put up a blog page had high hopes of stimulating or educating the readers, but it didn't work. And then most of them stop posting, which makes it look...

Okay, so you are standing by your mistaken idea that people here favor the materialistic values being taught in the public schools over opting for something better for their children in a private school. No one here has been arguing for the twisted, revisionist idea of a separation of church and...

It's not that it appears strange to me in particular. I simply pointed out that it is strange. Are you at last coming around to the truth that the legal systems operating in the USA have made separation of church and state into something that was never intended? If so, you have no argument...