The doctrine of separation of church and state would seem to make it a
foolish thing for the government to try.

Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Wallace" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Re Pratchett


> > >>in the section for religion I put 'Jedi .
> >
> > >That was the rumor, but I believe they said on the news that the census
> > office had got >wind of the idea and were disallowing it.  Are they
allowed
> > to do that?
> >
> > Who's going to stop them?  The Government?  On the other hand are you
> > allowed to put Jedi in the religion box?  Don't you sign the bottom
under
> > threat of something that everything is true/accurate/whatever?
Government
> > has no sense of humor!
>
> Who's to say that you can't believe that JEDI is YOUR true religion? If it
I believe
> it and sign that it's true, then YOU get to prove it isn't. Good luck.
> Oh, let the force be with you... :-)
>
> __
> Mike Wallace
> Huntsville,Ala