Kim, While this is a noble and good effort, I fear however that it will fall on deaf ears, for at least 4 reasons: 1. As the old saying goes, "A man 'convinced' against his will is of the same opinion still". 2. The letter does not address his earlier challenge, namely, that "the only people who will oppose this bill are godless athiest scientists", or words to that effect. We will only sound like more of the same to him. 3. Like Bill said, this is more about politics than personal religious conviction, which I'm sure in his case is both. He's got a significant fundamentalist voting base he wants to maintain. 4. He's got personal reasons to pursue this bill, and stands to gain from it, win or lose. What he's really after, I believe, is to ultimately gain support for tuition tax credits. Why? In part, becase he personally owns and runs a private school! If along the way he can convince a number of people that their precious children are being corrupted by wicked atheists in the public school system, by all means send them to (his) private school, where they're sure to be taught "correct doctrine and principles"! What? you can't afford private school? No problem! I'll make sure we pass a tuition tax credit to make it affordable. What? Conflict of interest? Moi? Ha!". -Rich --- Kim Hyatt <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
Forgive me, all - I couldn't find a way to post this letter to my album or easily email only to those who asked that I include their names, since I didn't have all email addresses.
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