I agree with FN A secular State should NOT spend public funds for the benefit of a group wishing to attend a religious event. Those who wish to attend should pay out of their own pocket or raise funds on their own for the purpose.
There should be total separation between Religion and Civil functions (iow Church/Temple/Mosque and State) jc On 21 December 2014 at 10:30, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 December 2014 at 06:37, Robin Viegas <robinvie...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > Grants to 500 Goans to attend Sri Lanka canonisation ceremony > > > This needs to be questioned! Why should the secular state pay for the > excise of the religious preferences of a section of the population? I > suspect it will be used as a precedence to use more from the State > exchequer for diverse groups, who would not be then questionable as > it-has-been-done-for-others-too! People have a right to their religious > (and other) belifes. And they should pay for its themselves. FN > -- > P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha > Latest from Goa,1556: > http://goa1556.in/book/goa-in-sepia-tinted-postcards/ > <http://goa1556.in> >
