Separation of Church and State?
We hear all the time of the separation of church and state. The ACLU makes quite the living from either threatening to sue or actually suing different towns and districts to prohibit not the establishment of religion but seemingly the free expression of religion.
I generally want the latter - not squelching of the expression of any religion but allowing more (i.e., more speech is generally better than less speech!). The only time that I would have a problem with the free expression of religion is in those cases where their free expression and insistence of theirs infringes on mine....Islamofascism comes to mind. But ignoring that for the time being, more is generally better.
Also, as far as we are talking about "in general", I'm not in favor of what is often governmental hypocrisy. Being of the Christian faith, often I see the removal of any artifact of my faith removed from schools on the idea enforcing the prohibition of religious establishment.
Imagine my surprise when I saw this in one of my local papers:
Does now calling a Halloween party (from the Christian All Saints Day eve or the pagan All Hallow's Day) the "Fall Festival" make it non-religious? Does this inclusion of the occult - Tarot Reader / Fortune telling, even if just "a fake for the party" - not meet the level of "religious"?
Just asking and just a thought.....
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Posted by: Patrick Roberts | November 5, 2007 3:56 AM
Posted by: Patrick Roberts | November 5, 2007 3:57 AM