RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 14, 2013 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2013 at 11:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Imagine a state in which islam is a mandatory or encouraged subject, in which prayer is mandated or encouraged from, say, kindergarten. Don't expect that system to churn out too many christians (or buddhists, or hindus, or anything that isn't muslim).
The ones that stand on their own, the ones that don't require "Fairy said so". The ones that don't amount to a subsidy, endorsement, or establishment of any particular religion by our secular government.
(April 14, 2013 at 11:44 am)ebg Wrote:(April 14, 2013 at 11:40 am)Rhythm Wrote: If the justification offered is "because Yahweh said so"...yes, for the same reasons.which ones are the good ideas?"
The ones that stand on their own, the ones that don't require "Fairy said so". The ones that don't amount to a subsidy, endorsement, or establishment of any particular religion by our secular government.
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