confederate flag, etc are distractions used to avoid public notice of
the real issues.
Maur
----- Original Message -----
From: Monique Boea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:34:45 -0400
Subject: RE: Speaking of church and state
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think the whole 10 commandments issue is trivial.
When I go to a courthouse, I really could care less what is displayed.
I don't even pay attention to what is on the walls, etc.
Historical documents belong in museums and if I need to read the 10COM I go
to the bible.
There are a lot more important things to fight about.
-----Original Message-----
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Further, by classifying the 10 Commandments as a "historical document"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
Nick McClure wrote:
> I disagree that posting the 10 Commandments on government property would
be
> equivalent to the establishment of state religion, I also disagree that it
> keeps others from practicing their own religion, unless your religion
> specifically states that you can never see the religious documents of
> another religion.
>
> I think items like the 10 Commandments can be shown as historical
documents,
> so long as they are not given preferential treatment over any other
document
> religious or otherwise.
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