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Keep religious material
out of the public schools

Dear Editor:

I have just read Doug Collins’
column of Feb. 10 about prayer. in
school.. This controversy would
seem to be a question of the con-
stitution and religion.

One of the principles upon
which this country was founded is
that all people should be free to
pursue (or not to pursue) their own
faith. If one accepts this principle,
it should follow that there be no
inclusion of religious material in

the curriculum of the public school
system.

Mr. Collins, on the other hand,
feels that it is a matter of racial
and cultural origin. He says the
parents of non-Christian students
should choose some country where
they don’t feel uncomfortable.

However he feels about people
following non-Christian religions,
he should keep in mind that there
are people such as myself, who,
despite being of European descent

(a matter of indifference to me,
but obviously not to Mr. Collins),
are not Christian (nor followers of
any other faith).

We are quite happy with our
country’s principle of not indoc-
trinating our youth in our educa-
tional institutions. If this makes
Mr. Collins uncomfortable,
perhaps he should choose some
other country.

Ed Spat
North Vancouver

Christian ethic makes land great

to bring with them the very religious wars that they

Dear Editor:

Your columnist Doug Collins deserves complimen-
ting on his many straight-to-the-point articles. We

need more men of his calibre.

His stand on our Christian heritage is so timely.
Those in our education system who are doing thcir
best to wipe out all traces of Christian teaching and
ethics in our schools need to be severely reprimanded.

The Christian ethic is what makes our land such a_ to.
good place to live. It is vecause of our Christian-based

laws and society as a whole that immigrants of all

sorts want to come here to live.

The trouble with these immigrants is that they want

Bob Hamersley
Nina Hamersley
Greenwood

are running away from, and make our country a bat-
tleground worse than the one they have left.

Doug Collins is a valuable asset to our society. I
hope that the new sharcholders will not do anything to
make the North Shore News the sar.e as the other
papers in Vancouver. It is people like Doug Collins
who make the North Shore News worth: subscribing

NV needs a recycling depot

Dear Editor:

Why is it because I live in North
Vancouver City and am concerned
about recycling that 1 must drive to
Eagle Harbour or 21st and Gordon
in West Vancouver to dump my
bottles and tin cans?

Surely the city aad district of

BR. CHRISTOPHER PARSOK

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the opening of his
family practice at

#306, 125E. 13th

North Vancouver
Ph: 987-1414

North Vancouver can get together
and have a depot that is convenient
to people who are concerned about
our environment.

Our city hall claims there isn’t
enough participation to warrant a
depot. How do they arrive at that
decision? I’ve been aware of the

importance of recycling for years
and can’t remember us having a
depot in North Vancouver.

Let’s get with it and join in the
fight to clean up our mess.

L. Fisher
North Vancouver

988-6521

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