As someone who is very strong on separation of church and state, I have no problem with a president doing a special message for Christmas, Diwali, Eds, Yom Kippur etc. What I object to is when (like Bush) makes a particular religious belief paramount.
The problem with things like the 10 Commandments posted in the courtroom is that they are of a particular belief system. By putting them in your face in government buildings etc., then that says the government supports this particular religion. I would as strongly object if quotes from the Koran, the Vedas, Diantetics or the Fountainhead were put up on courtroom walls. I am very much against having someone's religion shoved in my face. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love the message he is trying to send with this. However, I find it > funny (in a sad way) that the same people who rally around the > 'separation of church and state' (for things like the 10 Commandments > being in courtrooms) are cheering the fact that the President is > celebrating a religious occasion. > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPm_zhx7ZEY >> >> Best.US.President.Ever. >> >> lol :-) >> >> Actually makes you feel that the US is interested in celebrating other >> faiths, religions and ethnicities beside White Christian Males :-) >> >> Great stuff! >> >> Hope to see more of it! >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
