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Post by m52nickerson on Apr 16, 2010 16:20:29 GMT -5
What will the Supreme Court do with this is now the question. I can't see how they could justify this the way they did "In God We Trust" on money.
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Post by Mira on Apr 16, 2010 16:25:20 GMT -5
Um, because the Day of Silence isn't an official holiday anywhere. Also, it has nothing to do with religion.
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Post by big_electron on Apr 16, 2010 16:31:45 GMT -5
No one said the prayer on prayer day had to be to Elohim/Jehovah. I can still pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Ceiling Cat, Cthulhu, Invisible Pink Unicorn, Joe Pesci...
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Post by Whore of Spamylon on Apr 16, 2010 16:37:44 GMT -5
Err...so pray already - no one is stopping you...It's just that no one is FORCING us - why can they never get that part. Because persecution complex is an invaluable tool for prosthelytization. Also, it is times like this I want to fight fire with fire and, like, federalize a holiday were people are encouraged not to pray, just to get the point across. Though, I don't think it got the point across when secular signs were put up by nativity scenes on public property.
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Post by caseagainstfaith on Apr 16, 2010 17:41:16 GMT -5
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Post by dasfuchs on Apr 16, 2010 21:53:26 GMT -5
Yeah, I figured as much, like all good conspiracy theories, no matter what someone does or what the motive was, it's all part of the conspiracy
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Post by Tiger on Apr 16, 2010 23:49:54 GMT -5
Um, because the Day of Silence isn't an official holiday anywhere. Also, it has nothing to do with religion. And even if neither of those were true, it's irrelevant since drawing attention to the plight of a minority (including religious minorities) is completely different from encouraging people to participate in religious activity.
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Post by Haseen on Apr 19, 2010 1:02:36 GMT -5
You gotta love analogies like:
But they don't just want to do something on their own that doesn't interfere with people's lives. What they want (to continue the analogy) is to wake up at 5AM for bagpipe practice on the neighbor's front lawn.
Hint: It's not the waking up early part that's the problem.
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Post by booley on Apr 19, 2010 7:58:54 GMT -5
wasn't this day of prayer for all religions, or just Christianity? Yeah but Christian fundies complain whenever other religions are included. And when Bush did it, I don't think it was normal for non-christians to be invited. Will have to look for the articles on this. So far this is the closest i could find. www.rightwingwatch.org/content/who-controls-national-day-prayer
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Post by Tiger on Apr 19, 2010 8:05:20 GMT -5
wasn't this day of prayer for all religions, or just Christianity? Yeah but Christian fundies complain whenever other religions are included. And when Bush did it, I don't think it was normal for non-christians to be invited. Will have to look for the articles on this. So far this is the closest i could find. www.rightwingwatch.org/content/who-controls-national-day-prayerWhether or not it's inclusive is irrelevant, since a call to participate in an intrinsically religious activity clearly and blatantly violates the Establishment Clause.
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Post by kristine on Apr 19, 2010 8:11:57 GMT -5
can we have a 'Mind Your Own Fucking Business Day' - dedicated to getting your life in order? it can be spent in prayer if you want or balancing your checkbook - doing yard work...whatever, In celebration of our rights to do what we want with our own time.
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Post by booley on Apr 19, 2010 10:16:10 GMT -5
Whether or not it's inclusive is irrelevant, since a call to participate in an intrinsically religious activity clearly and blatantly violates the Establishment Clause. Not arguing that since even if all religions were included, it would still be exclusive since it would by definition exclude atheists. I was responding to zachki's question about the role of Christianity in the Day of Prayer.
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