Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Religion may have its place, but it must be a private place.

The sacred beliefs of the few, or even the many, do not have a preordained right to public platforms.

Keeping government controlled secular space free of religious messages or any other form of belief specific iconography is the cornerstone of the separation of Church and State. This principle must protected - just as the free speech rights of religious groups must be protected when they seek to hold their gatherings under the roofs of their 'private' houses of worship. For any religious group to aver differently is, well, simply un-American.

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