(December 13, 2012 at 2:10 pm)Brian37 (with bolding mine) Wrote: There certainly is a difference of motives and certainly people can celebrate Christmas without religious motives. Again, not our argument. If you think outside the words of the Constitution, that you can do equally to the same level of display on government property as Christians get away with far too much, try setting up a Ramadan display of equal size on a government lawn and watch the hypoctrites bitch about it.
Does that also mean that the government lawn/property is not a property of the people who live in that area?
And that the people shouldn't have any rights to make religious displays?
Concerning Ramadan, specifically, there is no kind of huge display noticeable to others except maybe on the day of Eid (right after Ramadan) when Muslims go to mosque in large numbers in the morning. And where I live, in Queens, NY, the local governments in that area allow that and they also allocate parking spaces around the mosques for Muslims during that single day. But then it's all over after a couple of hours. It's not like we're trying to rule the land or anything.
To put it simply, I do not see a problem with people celebrating holidays and/or practicing their religion of choice as long as it is done equally and with respect to those who observe and those who do not, and with no violation of any government rules.
I think that people should have at least some freedom to talk and display things that represent their religion or their lack thereof. Why not honor the diversity?
