I'd like for someone to explain the logic of this debate with me. It basically says that if we move to an Islamic country, like Iran, that we shouldn't expect them to quit holding public prayers. So why should it be any different in the U.S., which is a "Christian" country?
But in the U.S., I thought we have the First Amendment which says that the government can not make laws that respect the establishment of religion or prohibit the exercise thereof. We also have established the separation of church and state.
So am I to believe that, since this country is allegedly founded on Christian principles, that we should adopt the same mentality and practices of countries like Iran?
(Some even go so far as to resort to a "love it or leave it" mentality.)
Am I not getting something here? Or maybe I am, and I just really don't like the sounds of it.
2006-07-31
19:37:26
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