What about the freedom to practice a religion? You say the privacy of ones home? What if I can see your Christmas decorations from the street, are you violating my rights? I think your saying nobody should be allowed to wear a cross or a yarmulke in public or carry a prayer rug. Forget about the door-to-door proselytizers.
On 5/9/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > No, they are seeking freedom of, AND FROM, religion. You have the > right to worship whomever you'd like in the privacy of your own home > or private building. The ACLU just doesn't want the government > supporting religion. > > This bothers many people because they've become accustomed to > "Christmas" versus "holiday break" and other Christian symbols in > government such as courtrooms (myself included). > > Like immigration and slavery, however, things have been that way due > to a lack of enforcement. The ACLU is attempting to protect our > constitutional rights by insisting on having the laws enforced. > > Here's a toughy though: schools. > > Since the government funds schools, the schools, teachers, etc. should > be in no way associated with a religion. Brian asked about a teacher > with a crucifix necklace; well it could be argued that that's an > endorsement of religion by schools, a gov't body, and therefore a > no-no. However maybe the no-no infringes on personal freedoms. > > The real question is, therefore, where do personal freedoms begin and > end for people in the workplace - especially the gov't workplace? > > Unfortunately we can't find out unless somebody sues the schools to > get a ruling from the Supreme Court. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156812 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
