Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell
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PSf« i, Tht towH. January IS, JM5<br />
POLITICS.<br />
Bishop discusses religion in politics<br />
the Hifht fUvtw* mtLam £<br />
5»ifljr « prtirruly Mr ftiArf "r*rAr<br />
^Jiropu/ fXtxrte o/ Ciiitjtinnt.<br />
With relijfintt pluytng such an influmtUxl<br />
ntir in the recent r/rrtio*!.<br />
ift* 1 pittitici edit on, Jessica teuiif;<br />
and Qvia Nc*mrytr. sjxtkf in<br />
Bisltop S*int concerning uturi<br />
fl X"l,t from pru\e--tt-tchool to<br />
fundamentalism to the wparatitm of<br />
church anJ ilute.<br />
WJart Is the fc'pbcopal Church'*<br />
stand on the separation of church<br />
and stitt?<br />
Of the lirvt 13 colonies, seven lad<br />
an cstaclishcd church — a-d it happened<br />
to N~ our church, the church<br />
of England. If you lived in ow of<br />
thotc seven nates, you * have time set<br />
a*ide for every ooc to pr*y.<br />
medilale. be ceruc:cd. *-r j*ivt be<br />
i|«iic;. This acknowledges ihc<br />
ipinnial rcali;y of the human hemp,<br />
without which * person's upbringinj<br />
unuld be ooc-dunenstoniil.<br />
Pwvcr goes on all the tb.c on a<br />
firuwul lescl. Inra 5nod cradc on a<br />
math IcM. for a date, or fur a clear<br />
kOmpicaion. But Having a religious<br />
club will not help on a math test tf a<br />
person d In i study for it. Education<br />
it ihc uvial and communal<br />
understanding of life.<br />
U there a danger In -.ll.,wlnfi<br />
religious activity In publk schools<br />
— I* It • vtrp In Ihc direction wa,"<br />
frum wparatlon uf church and<br />
<strong>The</strong>re ate ail linj* of dinger in<br />
t*Mi world. A student can be nutTted<br />
playing football. <strong>The</strong> <br />
on the cffoj.tvcncn of religion.<br />
In Ireland, people are murdering<br />
each other in the name of ChriH —<br />
but ih: primary reason for the<br />
fighting iv »ver jobs. Tl»e l*rotcstantsown<br />
nrnxtof the larger companics,<br />
and the ->orken arc mostly<br />
Cath«flic. Su il»e r;al problem u one<br />
of economic* and noi idealism<br />
Wfilt the kdtc of multlmillionaire<br />
tckvhl.m es-aa&elUts,<br />
doo Ihr tax citrnpt itatm of<br />
churcho need in be changed?<br />
<strong>The</strong> people wih targe television<br />
*txm» male between SI4 and 524<br />
million a >c-r. <strong>The</strong>se pe.>p!c arc<br />
one-man bands — itngle units, and<br />
not pan of any deiKjminat'on<br />
In California, the Fpivr-yal<br />
Church hav seven horrc^ for the<br />
rcuidcd; it feed* 1.300 people t* roc<br />
m-iU a day; hoasts 1.000<br />
ntntielns; belp* the elderly arj<br />
worker*; opcraics night mumiiie*.<br />
"I'll bet you<br />
thai under the<br />
white sheets of<br />
the KKK you'd<br />
find members of<br />
the Moral Majority."<br />
rurtv hotp.ul.. and supports gavi<br />
who ha*c AIDS<br />
Falwcll uvr\ hiv Mi nillton to<br />
keep political pow?r going, n*»t funding<br />
!hc labovet — he's just .-n>;<br />
thc-.c helping people on the street.<br />
f ik^.'l thiiA. »c OMIUUI be Used u><br />
the tame «.ay fc" cruriLiblr work. I<br />
•Sink he tFalwell) should be uxed<br />
severely on the money he eamv tt;<br />
maintain hiv Cfs> and pohtu'j^ ,*J*CI<br />
which gets him inviuiinr.v to the<br />
White HoukC.<br />
Ho* h the K°*wnnicnl icotox '"<br />
dfMlnguUh between charitable<br />
profitable rcllRlou*<br />
k<br />
Dntinguivhing w lp:d — that's<br />
where ihc challenge ^uiues in.<br />
<strong>The</strong> prevent yJrpiri'trauon has u\<br />
in :> kind. Fini, n'i cutting scrvtc^s<br />
to the poor, and, tcTind, n ci{vcts<br />
the churrhr. t" pick up UV ;1;;L.<br />
• flitd. il wart 1 to ?>'. Lf.ur^i-Ci.<br />
1415) 982 05io<br />
(l-otmcil) Tunic Traiinc Ci'.l<br />
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