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To: dervish
Why is it spending tax dollars on a religious observance?

Last week my church (non-denominational Christian) held a fellowship meeting at a county park. We met in a pinic pavillion that is certainly subsidized by tax dollars. In addition to eating and playing bocci, we also held a prayer service (religiuos observance). Was it wrong for a tax dollar subsidized facility to have been made available to us for our use?

If a mosque had made similar arrangements with the park to use those same facilities for similar purposes, would it have been right to deny the use of this tax dollar subsidized facility to them?

382 posted on 07/20/2005 7:32:29 PM PDT by delacoert (imperat animus corpori, et paretur statim: imperat animus sibi, et resistitur. -AUGUSTINI)
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To: delacoert
bocci bocce
383 posted on 07/20/2005 7:33:52 PM PDT by delacoert (imperat animus corpori, et paretur statim: imperat animus sibi, et resistitur. -AUGUSTINI)
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To: delacoert

"Was it wrong for a tax dollar subsidized facility to have been made available to us for our use?"

No, considering YOU and your congregation "chose" to attend the event in clothes you weren't FORCED to wear and eat food of your choice and play a game that had nothing to do with your religion. Try doing all of that while being an oppressed muslim female.


384 posted on 07/20/2005 7:46:00 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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