in 10C country also. The problem is that when you open the door to one you
have to open the door to all, and the flood that creates goes well beyond
what you can possible handle without upsetting somebody.
So the best thing to do is to remove the religious references.
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From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 3:19 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Speaking of church and state
I would argue that placing the 10 Commandments on government property
without the assumption that we need to place the 8-fold path, etc.
there, too, is inherently giving preferential treatment for Christianity.
Further, by classifying the 10 Commandments as a "historical document"
you open the door to judgement calls about what does and does not
classify as such. At what point can you deny a request to have another
religious doctrine posted next to the 10C based on the idea that it is
not a document which is important to history? Whose history? How old
does it have to be to qualify as historical?
Sorry if I seem a bit ... overenthusiastic ... about this, but around
here, the 10C in schools was a big deal, and it still pisses me off that
others want to weasel their way around in order to dictate religion to
my family members.
--BenD
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