Moral Absolutes Ping.
More on this case - and a response to the claim that everything that claims to be a religion should be given a platform equally.
Giving protection to every religion is one thing; giving pseudo-religions the opportunity to publicly pray in front of people who DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FAKE RELIGIOUS PERSON is entirely different.
I suppose this "witch" claims membership in Wicca, which is a faux cult/sect invented by an Englishman in the 1940s out of a hodge podge of various dibs and dabs of this and that.
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Note: The County Board of Supervisors should certainly be able to pick and choose whose prayers, if any, they'd like to hear.
Wicca is a federally recognized religion, reorganized after times of persecution under Christianity (remember, you used to burn these people). They used to be called pagan, druid, etc.
Mormon is a religion invented in the 1800s out of a base of Christianity.
Islam is a religion invented in the 600s from Arabic culture and Judeo/Christian thought.
Christianity is a religion invented in the first couple centuries AD, based on Judaism.
Judaism is a religion invented a couple thousand BC, evolving from earlier polytheistic beliefs.
What specifies a valid religion? Age? If so, then the Hindus have everyone beat.
> Giving protection to every religion is one thing; giving pseudo-religions the opportunity to publicly pray in front of people who DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FAKE RELIGIOUS PERSON is entirely different.
OK, You have a Baptist and a Catholic. Each claim the other is a "fake" religion. Does the one have the right to silence the other?
But I found this bit startling:
"giving pseudo-religions the opportunity to publicly pray"
Who knew you were part fo the ACLU?