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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Nowhere. But, the freedom from a governmental establishment of religion (1st Amendment) requires you look to see if people can be "offended" as part of your factual inquiry as to wherether an act is really "establishing" religion or "prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
To be sure, if this were private property it would be a non-issue.
But, if government buildings can have greek gods decorating them, or quotes by other thinkers adorning them, why not the Bible? Just so long as it isn't elevated above the others. Couldn't you put up a plaque quoting Ghandi??
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yup...guess it's time for a group of us to go file suit against all the federal or state government buildings with 'art' in the form of any pantheon's deities or mythological creatures that might offend us because it's forcing someone's religion down our throats.... I mean if we have to SEE something religious we might be forced to go and become one of their flock, right? Good freakin Grief!
Reminds me of a local city library that was forced to take down it's Christmas tree and minorah because the wiccans and atheists filed suit against the library. Of course it was ok to keep up the posters about Mulsim traditions (Ramadan etc)and Kwanza decorations..... [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] go figure....
Btw, pritchke, very nice post, I agree with you!
[ 07-02-2003, 02:52 PM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]