Should ALL religious symbols be banned in public.?

Question

France has banned religious symbols from public schools.

Shouldn't we go one step further. You wouldn't be able to wear a Nazi swastika would you? So allow religious symbols when they stand for even worse.

Answer 1

wear what you want just do not expect for others to want to convert just because they see you with something religious on.

I am a Muslim woman who wears a hijab I do not expect that a person would say that I should remove it (but I do know that there there are people who think it). But in the same time I would not tell a Christian to remove their cross around their neck either.

We are in the land of the free. we are free to choose what religion we want to be and how we want or do not want to show the world

Answer 2

No! Religious symbols should not be banned. I think France has made the wrong decision. I can see their dilemma--in France, students have become very divided over religion due to so many Muslim immigrants who like to segregate themselves from others. But I think it is a severe limitation of freedom of speech/expression to ban religious symbols. That sounds like the Soviet Union or China. This is America! I appreciate the freedom of religious expression that we have here.

Are you suggesting that religious symbols stand for something worse than Nazism? Please explain yourself. I think you're on shaky ground there, sister.

Answer 3

I concur with several of the other statements.

The constitution states "Congress shall make no laws concerning religion or PROHIBITING, the free exercise thereof"

How hard is that to figure out? If we are told that we cannot wear religious symbols in public, then they are prohibiting our free exercise of religion. That amendment does not say- unless it offends someone else- then it can be prohibited. It says that Congress cannot prohibit our free exercise of religion Period. The great men who drafted this inspired document did not intend to keep people from having religion- just to keep the state from dictating religion. We CANNOT allow our elected officials to trample on our rights, if we do before long, they will all be taken away and we will be living in a communist society

Answer 4

I do not live in France and France has never impressed me.

I live in the United States of America. We have a Bill of Rights here. Each one of us has the right to say and do as we believe...UNTIL...that right imposes on another. My wearing a religious symbol on my personal body does not impose on anyone else (just because you do not like it does not mean it violates your rights).

Likewise, the government should make no law that requires the wearing of a religious or other type of symbol.

The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
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Answer 5

I live in the United States where there's freedom of religion. I think that it would be a mistake to infringe on a person's religious expression.

Answer 6

No. When a religious symbol is physically hurting people then yes. Until then it is a personal right.

Answer 7

Let's all do what France does (SARCASM!!) First off, Not to be mean, but France (or at least their gov't) are wimps and chickens. The US got them out of WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. And by "got them out" I mean "saved their a** while getting it shoved up ours." So France is not a role model for the US.

Second, wear your religious symbols, put them on your business cards, tattoo them to your forehead, or whatever. It doesnt offend me. Seeing obscene messages and pictures on shirts and signs offends me. We have religious freedom here and should be allowed to say our mantras, wear our symbols, and carry our books.

The swastika is not a religous symbol unless you are Hindu, or Buddist.

Answer 8

Reporter Lisa Lang was on Oprah and did a hidden interview inside "N. Korea" guised as a eye-doctor assistant ... One visual that stuck to my brain was the "Lack" of ANY symbol except that of their leader. Religious symbols, M.I.A., Advertisements, M.I.A., and any art forms was M.I.A. It was very STrange. Imagine traveling down a freeway and seeing the leader of N. Korea in as many places as you see advertisements ... well, that's N. Korea.

Warning ... Warning: Banning images is very much like heading to Communism.

Answer 9

Not until we start experiencing acts of terror and violence on our soil in the name of religion (excluding 9/11, that was anti-America, not pro-Islam). Once it happens, i think that public displays of ALL religion should then be outlawed except in homes and houses of worship. What you do to one, you must do to all (regardless of the current administration's belief). If we don't get any faith based terror displays, swing your fist as hard and far as you want, just don't hit anyone.
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Answer 10

No, with the exception of the Christian cross, all religious symbols are beautiful. The Christians cross is rather odd, i mean, if they hanged Jesus instead of crucifying him, would they walk around carrying a noose?