"... On Jan 22, 1:46 pm, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> > Even Obama included 'non-believers' in his speech the other day ... > > To have a religious "invocation" at the start flies > against the founding principles of the constitution which guarantees a > disestablishment of church and state. This guarantee was well provided > to prevent religious conflict between different sects and groups > within Christianity and to be inclusive of all religions. The sermons > at the start and end of the ceremony destroyed this founding > principle. It is not enough to include Jews, Muslims and Hindus in his > speech when they have already been excluded by the religious sandwich > which was the ceremony. You make a good point Chaz. I was not happy about the religious invocation either, but when we live in a nation that is so religious -- the most religious of all developed nations by far -- there is a huge number of citizens that need to be appeased. I don't care for the appeasement approach either but it does seem necessary if the President is to gather sufficient support behind his plans and actions. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
