Quote of the Day
Religion journalist David Waters, at the Washington Post’s “Under God” blog, weighs in on the First Amendment and separation of Church and State in the wake of Pace High School in Florida being forced to keep their ceremony secular (and several students saying the Lord’s Prayer in protest).
“I don’t know why so many (particularly conservative evangelical) students, parents and school employees find these distinctions so difficult or distressing. How would they feel if their Christian child were at a school where administrators or teachers were leading prayers to Allah? Or organizing activities to honor all gods and goddesses on Earth Day? Or inviting a Voodoo priest or priestess to cast an opening spell at their son’s or daughter’s graduation ceremony? They’d be the first ones calling the ACLU for help.”
This is a point I’ve made before, many Christian activists are all about “religious freedom” (the fake kind) until they’re presented with the consequences of real inclusion and religious freedom. You want Christian prayer at your governmental/or governmentally-funded meeting? You better invite the Wiccans, Hindus, Buddhists, and atheists along too. Better still, just avoid the problem altogether, and keep these functions on the task(s) at hand.
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Humans haven't "elevated" themselves as far from reptiles as they like to think.
I guess, Patrick, why is religious indoctrination by local government any different from religious propaganda by any other government. It's still coercive.