"Now, why the hell should a Jewish kid, or for that matter a kid from any non-Christian family, have to put up with someone else including him or her in a prayer to a deity that he or she does not accept? "
Why should any religious person have to accept a communal activity that does not involve having "spiritual" matters being addressed?
Why should a jewish kid who lives in a mostly christian culture not be exposed to Christian religion. Do we want to promote alienation as a social value? Are you going to have problem with some buddhist blessing a plane?
Say a christian kid for some reason was allowed to play football at Muslim or Jewish school does that mean they should restrict what they might normally do because they have a non jew or muslim is involved?
Why do you assume that a different religion should be so offensive to someone who holds a different faith. Wouldn't this just be an opportunity to get a better understanding of the people they are interacting with?
Another thing is there is quite a difference between different Christian sects, would a Catholic be so affronted to have a Baptist say a prayer?
(If so, Bush is in real trouble:)
And attempting to drive religion from the public space is also sending a message. As a person who does not belong to a faith, I don't find expressions of various beliefs as distracting as anything else that someone might saying about anything. Say, a bake sale announcement or any other thing that I may or may not be interested in.
"(In the case of the Jewish kid, it's no less than idolatry to worship a human being! But that's OK, I suppose, because they're "only Jews".) It would be different if the kid's attendence were not required, or if the event were not paid for using money coming from taxpayers who are not all Christian either."
You can't force people to worship. Even people who go to a church can fall asleep during a sermon. If you can't get followers of a church to be "involved enough", what "hope" is there of bringing this about with someone merely "passing through"?
If I attend a marriage- it doesn't mean I want be to married. If I accept a fortune telling, it doesn't mean I believe in palm reading. If I witness a witch cleansing an area of bad spirits, it doesn't mean I think there actually are bad spirits. I could find any of this stuff interesting or not interesting- so what?
The problem is you are being just as supersitious as church people who fear the influence devil worshipers.
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re: What about the freedom of the minority and tolerance of their religious beliefs? Do people only count if they're part of the majority?
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- Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
- What the religious should consider
- And what has the ACLU successfully done?
- It's a lie, Ed. Last time I went to church there was a bible, and in the last Hilton I was in and in my dentists office (who is a Buddhist, btw.) ACLU has nothing to do with this lie. (n/t)
- ACLU has no party affiliation
- The ACLU has banned all public displays of religion in the country, you say? What country would that be?
- If that is all the ACLU had done, no.
- Yes, that's exactly what the ACLU has done.
- The religious expression you refer to are strictly private
- As they should be. Religion is private. But they aren't all hidden.
- YOu read at least as much as anyone here. You know the agenda is progressing far into censorship and ahs in fact done so.
- You obviously have no idea what it means to separate church and state.
- Havnig a blessing before a game is oppression?
- What about the freedom of the minority and tolerance of their religious beliefs? Do people only count if they're part of the majority?
- re: What about the freedom of the minority and tolerance of their religious beliefs? Do people only count if they're part of the majority?
- What about the freedom of the minority and tolerance of their religious beliefs? Do people only count if they're part of the majority?
- I'm With Mary Anne 100% On This One
- Havnig a blessing before a game is oppression?
- You obviously have no idea what it means to separate church and state.
- YOu read at least as much as anyone here. You know the agenda is progressing far into censorship and ahs in fact done so.
- As they should be. Religion is private. But they aren't all hidden.
- The religious expression you refer to are strictly private
- Yes, that's exactly what the ACLU has done.
- If that is all the ACLU had done, no.