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Some parents express concern over Dalai Lama visit
06:37 PM MDT on Saturday, September 10, 2005
Associated Press
CALDWELL -- Some parents say they're concerned that Governor Dirk Kempthorne is having their children communicate with the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan religious leader, is in Sun Valley this weekend.
Kempthorne plans to send busloads of children to see him speak in Sun Valley on Monday. He also had students write essays related to the Buddhist leader's visit.
Some parents say Kempthorne's plans violate the constitutional separation between church and state.
Pam Smart of Caldwell, who is Jewish, says Kempthorne is using his position to influence others.
But Kempthorne's spokesman, Michael Journee, says the governor has been very careful about keeping the church-state separation intact with the Dalai Lama's visit.
Journee says the visit is not sponsored by the state of Idaho, but by private individuals.
And he says Kempthorne is taking part because the Dalai Lama is a dignitary and head of state.
Some parents express concern over Dalai Lama visit
06:37 PM MDT on Saturday, September 10, 2005
Associated Press
CALDWELL -- Some parents say they're concerned that Governor Dirk Kempthorne is having their children communicate with the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan religious leader, is in Sun Valley this weekend.
Kempthorne plans to send busloads of children to see him speak in Sun Valley on Monday. He also had students write essays related to the Buddhist leader's visit.
Some parents say Kempthorne's plans violate the constitutional separation between church and state.
Pam Smart of Caldwell, who is Jewish, says Kempthorne is using his position to influence others.
But Kempthorne's spokesman, Michael Journee, says the governor has been very careful about keeping the church-state separation intact with the Dalai Lama's visit.
Journee says the visit is not sponsored by the state of Idaho, but by private individuals.
And he says Kempthorne is taking part because the Dalai Lama is a dignitary and head of state.
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