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To: bobo1
If I was offended by a nativity scene, I would take the personal initiative and close my eyes and choose not to look at it. Don’t need government intervention at all.

My question is, why do you need to see a nativity scene on government property when there are so many churches, and so much private property, to host them?

Why does the government have to also be an organ of religious expression?

I don't understand the insecurity of Christians who feel they need to leverage government property to spread their message.

14 posted on 12/13/2012 12:18:22 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: Gunslingr3

there is no such thing as “government property”. It is public property, owned by the people, who are supposed to be the government.

The can put a stupid figure of Marx up as long as they clean up afterward.

maybe tear down the Lincoln Memorial because references to God are all over it?

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”

Easily understood, especially from the point of history.

If you can get enough support to put some stupid shrine to some atheist icon, more power to you. I will shut my eyes and ignore it. won’t take you to court. In fact, it would only help religion.

Course, they tried that with Lenin in Russia, laid him out in public for years.

bobo


16 posted on 12/13/2012 12:36:55 PM PST by bobo1
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