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does that mean we can ignore the rest of the Constitution too?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcEmOrfV6No
The claim that the Constitution only protects "freedom of religion" and not "freedom from religion" is missing an important point. Religious liberty, if it is to mean anything, cannot merely mean that the state won't use the police to stop or harass adherents of certain religious ideas. It must also mean that the state won't use more subtle powers, like those of the pocketbook and the bully pulpit, to favor some religions over others, to endorse certain religious doctrines rather than others, or to take sides in theological disputes. This is exactly what Perry is doing. He is favoring one religion, Christianity, over the others.
This is why freedom of religion and freedom from religion are two sides of the same coin. Attacks on one ultimately serve to undermine the other. The preservation of religious liberty requires that we ensure that the government not be handed any authority over religious matters.
Do you know what this bill is even about? It's not about calling a tree a Christmas tree. It's about public schools being able to display religious symbols, which means anything from a Christmas tree (which is used a religious icon, even if you don't want to admit it), to the star and crescent used in Islam, can now be displayed in public, taxpayer funded schools. You would be okay with the star and crescent hanging in a school?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcEmOrfV6No
The claim that the Constitution only protects "freedom of religion" and not "freedom from religion" is missing an important point. Religious liberty, if it is to mean anything, cannot merely mean that the state won't use the police to stop or harass adherents of certain religious ideas. It must also mean that the state won't use more subtle powers, like those of the pocketbook and the bully pulpit, to favor some religions over others, to endorse certain religious doctrines rather than others, or to take sides in theological disputes. This is exactly what Perry is doing. He is favoring one religion, Christianity, over the others.
This is why freedom of religion and freedom from religion are two sides of the same coin. Attacks on one ultimately serve to undermine the other. The preservation of religious liberty requires that we ensure that the government not be handed any authority over religious matters.
Do you know what this bill is even about? It's not about calling a tree a Christmas tree. It's about public schools being able to display religious symbols, which means anything from a Christmas tree (which is used a religious icon, even if you don't want to admit it), to the star and crescent used in Islam, can now be displayed in public, taxpayer funded schools. You would be okay with the star and crescent hanging in a school?