(January 5, 2015 at 4:15 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Since you mention American Atheists and the FFRF, I will too, since the cases they take on are often breaches of the definition of a secular government that they are attempting to repair. What we have here, if you wanted to be at all accurate, is a country where the most highly religious demographics are the ones damaging the secular nature of the government, while the atheists are the ones attempting to keep that secular nature pure.
It's almost like an exact reversal of your claim here! hock:
No, usually their cases are petty, like the attempt to remove the 10 commandments from public property. If there is no law against erecting a monument on public land, then one should be allowed to do so, the government just can't have a preference in the case of religion, this is secularism.
http://atheists.org/legal/bradford-county
Quote:In the complaint, American Atheists and Mr. Cooney demanded a declaratory judgement stating that the display of the monument violates the United States Consitution, specifically the Establishment Clause and an injuction requiring the removal of the monument.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Atheists
Quote:In May 2013 the American Atheists settled with Bradford County, Florida, regarding a monument containing the ten commandments. The American Atheists would be allowed to place their own monument onto public property. This marks the first time that such a monument will be placed on public land. The monument is being furnished by American Atheists via a grant from the Stiefel Freethought Foundation
http://ffrf.org/outreach/item/16760-why-...be-removed
Quote: It's very simple: I don't believe in "God," but my money says I do.
I am an American, but I am not a part of the "We" in "In God We Trust." Millions of good, moral, patriotic citizens do not believe in a god. We pay taxes, vote, sit on juries and serve in the military, but every time we spend a dollar bill we are told that Congress considers us outsiders.
To be accurate, the motto should say, "In God Some Of Us Trust," and wouldn't that be silly?
Unbelievers represent 7%-9% of the population. By comparison, Jews are a respected minority at 2%-3%. Most people would consider "In Jesus We Trust" to be exclusionary and inappropriate. So, why is it okay to exclude atheists and agnostics?
Yes, because Judaism is the only religion that doesn't believe in Jesus.
I'm pretty sure their resources could be put to better use fighting "real" problems, don't you agree?