Some people are all up in arms about taking their religion out of the public. People WANT the ten commandments at court houses. People WANT stores to say "christ" when they walk in. But, then again, some people want to smoke on an airplane.... Is this an appropriate comparison?
2006-12-14 04:06:33 · 9 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Soviet Union tried that already. They no longer exist. You want that here?
2006-12-14 04:09:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Smoking has been found to be harmful to others. You do not have the right to harm others. People today are too smart and try to interpret the constitution. Basically, my rights stop where yours begin. If smoking and second hand smoke can harm me, than in public venues, I have the right to not be harmed and you do not have the right harm me. Religion in public venues does not harm you. Saying God in a valedictorian speech does not hurt you. Ten Commandment statues in a courthouse does not harm you. The Ten Commandments represents a general basic set of laws which just happens to be religious based. What people like to do is complain about religion, so that the peoples actual right to practice religion is taken away from them. The ACLU should be defending the people's right and freedom of religion, not trying to take it away because of a very small minority group of complainers. Another point is why not get rid of marriage. Marriage is a religious ritual. Maybe the governmet should not recognize marriages. My point is that this country was founded on religion and everything we enjoy and prosper from today is a result of that foundation. Religion is in everything we see and it would not be bad for people to see the good things in religion on display. It might make people feel a little bit better.
2006-12-16 13:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by don1joker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally don't think they should have passed smoking bans to begin with. I think business owners should be allowed to choose if they want to be non-smoking or not. And if non-smoking businesses go out of business because ones that allow smoking are doing better, then that's too bad for the non-smokers. Democracy rules. If someone wants to complain that they can't work as a waitress or bartender because of the smoke, then maybe they should look into doing something else with their lives. BTW...I am a non-smoker, but I also do not think we should chastise those who want to smoke in a bar or restaurant or club. We should just have EPA laws requiring solid good working air purifiers and designated non-smoking sections. These bans are the minority trying to dictate to the majority on how to live their lives. If they really want to ban smoking all over in public places, parks, etc...then ALL governments should not be allowed to tax cigarettes. That should be the price for smoke-free. No tax revenues, which means the non-smokers see their taxes go up.
2016-05-24 02:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say yes that it is. religion free public would be a nice thing since even the bible says to pray only in private and worship god in private and since christians who are the ones who banned smoking in public and they are the ones who feel threatened all the time by non christians when they are the ones who have done far worse in the history of this world. so if you want to ban religion from the public then i am all for it too.
religion is a private matter and should stay in the homes not out in the public eye. thats the bottom line of it all
2006-12-14 04:13:05 · answer #4 · answered by Guardian Knight777 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 10 commandments are not appropriate in a government building such as a courthouse because it is a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment.
A store is privately owned and they can do whatever they want; we can choose to shop there or not.
Smoking on an airplane is a BS comparison because public health is a whole separate issue from political-correctness.
2006-12-14 04:10:19 · answer #5 · answered by zmj 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
A religion-free America cannot exist. America was founded on freedom of expression and freedom of religion. This guarantees everyone the right to freedom of religious worship and expression.
2006-12-14 04:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by vafromks 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the original settlers and our founding fathers wanted this country to have freedom OF religion...not freedom FROM religion.
2006-12-14 04:09:35 · answer #7 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's one of the best ideas I've seen for ages ... although totally impractical, would never work, but that's not why you asked it, is it? I get really cheesed off when thinking I'm having a perfectly straightforward transaction with someone (like eBay, for example) and there's an inbuilt religious message ... almost always from one or other of the fundamentalist wings.
Thanks for cheering me up.
2006-12-14 04:13:16 · answer #8 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree--there should be preaching and non-preaching sections all over the place
2006-12-14 04:20:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋