To: Brilliant
The original colonies allowed for individual state religious identity. This is obviously a long stretchy.
Call their bluff.
Go ahead with the hymns and prayers. I would like to see the cops arrest these mourners.
15 posted on
09/23/2007 3:06:37 PM PDT by
ChiMark
To: ChiMark
an appearance of a potential church-state violation
Translation: Ban all religious acts in public so that the State isn’t seen as supporting religion
17 posted on
09/23/2007 3:20:42 PM PDT by
tbw2
(Science fiction with real science - "Humanity's Edge" by Tamara Wilhite)
To: ChiMark
The more interesting question to me is that if you do not believe in God, what is the point of having a ceremony at all for the dead? The very decision to hold a ceremony is, in itself, acknowledgement of the devine.
18 posted on
09/23/2007 3:22:06 PM PDT by
lafroste
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To: ChiMark
With you 100% on this one! Constitution says freedom of religion not freedom from religion. Time for a little civil disobedience here.
20 posted on
09/23/2007 3:41:09 PM PDT by
Issaquahking
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