I thought I'd post my opinions on this subject with the recent thing with the ten commandments at the courthouse. One, could they possibly be anymore nitpicky?
Translation: Church state separationists are correct in this respect but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
I mean come on it's a piece of stone, if you're a offended by it don't look at it.
It's an endorsement of a particular religion or set of religions. This is constitutionally prohibited (unless you buy into the revisionist fundy interpretation of the First Amendment an its historical context).
Then there's the whole prayer in schools thing. Okay so teachers shouldn't be allowed to lead prayers that is the government establishing a national religion.
Exactly.
But why shouldn't students be allowed to prey by themselves?
They should be allowed to pray and they are allowed to pray.
Isn't banning that infringing on their freedom to practice religion?
It would be if that were the case.
And moments of silence...
That's a little fuzzier.
They are observed out of respect for dead people!
No one is proposing we stop moments of silence out of respect for dead people, to my knowledge.
They have absolutely nothing to do with religion...
In the context of the school prayer debate that is an awfully naïve statement to make.
I don't have a problem with people being activists and seeking legal action to end injustices but I hardly see how these are injustices especially since they really aren't harming anyone.
Even if I agreed with that assessment, there's always that slippery slope give an inch take a mile thing.