(January 13, 2019 at 11:56 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote:(January 13, 2019 at 11:32 pm)polymath257 Wrote: Were they promoting it as part of their official capacities? Did they use their official titles in the promotion? if so, that is not allowed.
I am a state employee. As such, I cannot promote a specific religious view in my official functions. On my own time, however, I can. In the same way, when I am at work, I cannot engage in political campaigning. I can, however, when I am away from my official post.
Do you see the differences?
You seem to have the idea backwards. The state is the people, not the government. The government isn't there to dictate to the people, but rather to serve the people. What you're doing is promoting communism. What the government shouldn't be doing is insisting people can't choose to do something. They can't make you go, and they can't penalize you for not going, but they should protect your right to go if you choose to without some wacko cult interfering.
We don't need wacko groups interfering with our freedom. If so, they should be seen as an enemy of the state.
And they should not be promoting whether or not you go.
In this case, nobody was penalized for going or not going. Anyone who wanted to go could go with no hindrance. No 'wacko group' prevented them from going.
But the goverment should not be involved in promoting the event (or for discouraging the event). The government should simply stay out of this type of business. And it didn't.
