Dan Ceppa -> Jeff Binkley wrote:
 ->> On 27 Apr 09  01:11:00, Jeff Binkley got back to Dan Ceppa
 ->> Re: Salad Bar Mor ons

 EH>>> #2) I only pray in public when appropriate.

 DC>> It's not appropriate.  It makes many people unconfortable, and I
 DC>> do not mean just athiests.

 JB>> Where is your right to not be uncomfortable spelled out in the
 JB>> Constitution ?  And how does that trump someone's else's right of free
 JB>> speech and religion ?  Do you assume your rights are more important
 JB>> than  someone else's ?  Your answer appears to be that they lose their
 JB>> rights  so that you may be comfortable.

 DC> Wrong, Jeff.  Freedom of Religion does not give anyone the right to
 DC> push their religion in a public venue.

You are mistaken. The First Amendment only limits the power of government
WRT religion. If you are offended by someone's display of religion, remove
yourself from their presence.

 DC> My rights?  They are the same as anyone of other religions who is
 DC> not part of yours.  Many of those religions forbid public prayer.  As
 DC> those religions are xian sects, they actually follow that bible of
 DC> yours closer to what your godling intended.

You don't have clue one.

 DC> You pushing public prayer goes against the laws of your god.

Where did Jeff push public prayer? Public prayer is NOT against the laws of God.

Ed

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"Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with
restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every
break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs
that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of
rulers towards the constitution of a country."

--Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, 21 December 1787

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