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Church, State And First Amendment ? ' ? Are Discussed By PAULINE B CHEEK "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exer cise thereof." ' In 1791, James Madison could never have imagined the controversies which today surround this provision of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "Church, State and the First Amendment" has been the subject of a year-long dialogue sponsored by the Program in the Humanities and Human Values at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fund-, ed by a grant from the National En dowment for the Humanities, the pro gram brought educators, clergymen lawyers and others together in Durham recently for a three-day pro gram. The three-day program examined the philosophical, religious and political perspectives of the First Amendment and its impact on American society. Keynote speaker Robert Bellah said that religion has always played an important role in American life, but as the nation has become more pluralistic, religion has become more privatized. Bellah noted that, while "fundamentalism is rampant in the 1980's", he feared the dissolution on religious norms as a greater threat to society. Bellah, author of "Habits of the Heart." called for religious organizations to act and mediating bodies in disputes between in dividuals and the government. U.S. Attorney Samuel Currin said that recent court decisions have "supported secularization and in terference in religion." Emory University law professor Harold Berman told the meeting that the U.S. was preceived as a Christian nation for the first ISO years of hits history. A trend away from that perception began 60 years ago without any philosophical consensus, Berman said. Saying that the Constitution would "become mere idolatry" unless "it has a higher justification in transcen dant values." UNC law professor Daniel Pollitt took issue with both Berman and Belllah's assessments. Pollitt argued that failure to apply the "free exer cise" clause to the states would leave the U.S. "without much protection." He warned that this would lead to a SART To Hold Auditions J The Southern Appalachian Reper tory Theatre (SART) will hold audi tions for its 1986 season on March IS from 1 until 5 p.m. in the Owen Theatre on the Mars Hill College campus. Productions planned for the 1986 summer season include Ibsen's "An Enemy Of The People", Bernard Sabath's "You Caught Me Dancing" and two world premiers, "Earline", written by Judy Simpson Cook, and "Lollapaloza" by C. Robert Jones. Auditioners are asked to prepare at least one short audition piece, ap proximately one minute long, and one song. An accompanist will be provid ed. For more information concerning the auditions, call managing director James Thomas at 689-1203. UNC-A Offers Workshops The University of North Carolina at Asheville will offer an introductory class in watercolor painting beginn ing Monday night. The class, for those with little or no painting ex pedience, will be conducted by Mars IHT on Monday :38.p.m. on the of the eight return of mandatory school prayer or a voucher system for the parents of children attending parochial schools. Jesuit Robert Drinan, a Georgetown University law pro fessor, said he believed that the First Amendment was evolving as a result of recent court decisions State Sen. Dennis Winner (D- Buncombe). Tuscola H.S. teacher Michael Lodico and Roger Sharpe, state director of People For The American Way, took part in a panel discussion regarding problems facing school administrators. Can or should religion and politics be brought together? The Rev. Joseph L. Roberts Jr. of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta said that his successor, the ' Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., had demonstrated how religion and politics could be kept "in creative tension." The lesson of King's life, Roberts said, was "never to hate the person who holds a diametrically op posite view." Rev. Roberts and Father Drinan both appealed for Americans to transcend their political and religious diferences and address instead the global issues of peace and justice. Local discussions were held in a series of forums at the Mars Hill Public Library. Dr. Richard Hoffman of Mars Hill addressed the most re cent forum meeting. The local series was sponsored by the Mars Hill Town Library and Plowshares. D.J. COGDILL, right, was honored by the Hot Spring Lions Club recently for 19 years perfect attendance. An active club member, Cogdill was presented with a plaque by club presi dent Kenny Ramsey. Bentley Named To ECU Honor Roll Rhonda Lynn Bentley, a Madison in Greenville. High School graduate, has been nam Miss Bentley is the daughter of Dr. ed to the honor roll for the fall and Mrs. Fred B. Bentley of Mars semester at East Carolina University Hill. ' Telephones (Thing n s t IDOL COMMUNICATIONS 20 NORTH MAIN STREET WEAVERVILLE, NC 20787 658-2115 Complete Sales, Installation and Service Lackland AFB, Texas A 1982 graduate of McDowell High. School, she to the daughter a f Eugene Lawson of Upper Shut-in and Betty Lee of Old Fort. ** firman First Class Gregory J. Stanton has graduated from U.S. Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. A 1982 graduate of Madison H.S., Airman Stanton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stanton of Marshall. His wife, Peggy, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore of Leicester. AIRMAN SHEILA A. LAWSON AIRMAN FIRST CLASS GREGORY STANTON ?g, Spring '86 ? Hairstyles Our staff recently attended the 1986 Hair Show. We would like to help you with a fresh, new look for spring! Angle's Beauty Shop \ Big Branch Rd. ? 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