If you allow the crucifix at a public school, you must also allow the hijab.
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That is based on assuming that mooslime is a religion.
It is not.
But that is a hard argument to make in today’s World.
Now consider satanism, which I believe does fit the definition of religion. Allow a cross, allow a pentagram or whatever. Gang tats ... where do they fit in???
This definition of religion is man’s idea of reaching toward a god or higher force.
Christianity is not that.
Wearing a cross may be (among other things) a statement of faith in Christ. Is making such a statement allowed in public school, verbally, for example?
We are soon coming to a time where the Image and Character of Christ will shine out of His Believers in such contrast with the World as to be indeniable. No cross will be needed. Christ’s Character will be so much more offensive to His enemies than any visual or verbal statement.
Then what? Sent to institutions as mental cases? Prosecuted for Hate speech? Persecuted publicly? Executed for some trumped up reason? Probably/ironically executed for desecrating “Church” tradition or blasphemy.
> Wearing a cross may be (among other things) a statement of faith in Christ. Is making such a statement allowed in public school, verbally, for example? <
Not any more.
I’m making a slight digression here, but I’m old enough to remember when prayer was allowed in public schools. My 3rd grade teacher was Jewish. And every day at lunch time she’d lead the class in a non-denominational prayer. What a wonderful thing!
But I’m a strict interpreter of the Constitution. So I must reluctantly say that such a prayer would be unconstitutional. As I noted in a previous post, it’s a shame that the Founders did not explicitly state that we are a Judeo-Christian nation.