Antone's Nightclub
Forcing Religion Down Our Throats
RECEIVED Mon., Aug. 25, 2003
Someone with the last name of Beckwith had a letter to the editor posted on Aug. 22 ["Postmarks,"]. He claimed to be a member of a "persecuted" group (i.e., Christians) and compared efforts to oppose his theocratic agenda, which opposes providing good science education, with such things as the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Actually those who oppose Mr. Beckwith may well be preventing him and others like him from forcing his Christian religion down their throats. So, in this context, Beckwith's religion is relevant because he is using it to advance an authoritarian agenda by replacing the teaching of science with mythology.
Laura Borst