Aww, Minimalist, thanks for pointing out another nugget of falsehood with her statement.
From the two blatantly false things she said, seems she just dislikes the President and is happy to promote any false information without checking.
The line for me, versus stamps and National Day of Prayer is this. Stamps, while government funded, are a consumer product and to my knowledge there are many different kinds of stamps, religious and non religious. I have not heard of an instance where they discriminated against a religion. Because of their all inclusiveness I have no problem. If I was only able to purchase religious stamps, I'd have a problem.
The National Day of Prayer however is a government sanctioned minor holiday which discriminates against non-believers, Buddhists, Hindu's, and any other religion that does not hold to the Abrahamic God. It's well known to be mostly a Christian day, though by referencing only God they can get a way with saying it's for Jews and Muslims. It's discriminatory and the Government should not be compelling anyone to pray. It very clearly violates separation of church and state.
From the two blatantly false things she said, seems she just dislikes the President and is happy to promote any false information without checking.
Quote:Again, it is irrelevant to the point she made (even though I don't think it was her intended point) which is where do we draw the line in the sand? Again, this is me just batting things around in my head. I was having a hard time reconciling it (perhaps I was being bias because I happen to like Christmas tree stamps...) so I wanted to see what everyone else had to say about it. Thanks for commenting!
The line for me, versus stamps and National Day of Prayer is this. Stamps, while government funded, are a consumer product and to my knowledge there are many different kinds of stamps, religious and non religious. I have not heard of an instance where they discriminated against a religion. Because of their all inclusiveness I have no problem. If I was only able to purchase religious stamps, I'd have a problem.
The National Day of Prayer however is a government sanctioned minor holiday which discriminates against non-believers, Buddhists, Hindu's, and any other religion that does not hold to the Abrahamic God. It's well known to be mostly a Christian day, though by referencing only God they can get a way with saying it's for Jews and Muslims. It's discriminatory and the Government should not be compelling anyone to pray. It very clearly violates separation of church and state.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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