Dan Ceppa -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 ->> On 28 Apr 09  09:29:41, Ed Hulett got back to Dan Ceppa
 ->> Re: Salad Bar Mor ons

 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
 DC> 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.

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

 DC> Sure, if the dislay is on private property.

Even if it's on public property. You aren't required to participate.

 DC> Having that crap displayed on public property is an afront to each
and every person who
 DC> has the right to be on that public property that doesn't buy
 DC> into that particular religious poiny of view.

Huh? Where is the right not to be offended come from?

 DC> Like Jeff, you actually thinl that xianity is a homogeneous group.  It
 DC> is far from it.  There are over 3,000 separate sects in the US alone.
 DC> Not every sect holds to same views that Jeff's sect does.  And, your
 DC> cult isn't xian, so you don't even count among those 3k+

Yet one more ignorant rant from you.

 DC> Then, there are other religions that aren't xian.  Your prayers in
 DC> exlusion of theirs is discriminatory.

Huh? No one is forcing them to join in.

 DC> I know you can't understand it.  It's al because of the mis-wording
 DC> of the Golden Rule that you follow.

You know nothing of the golden rule.

Ed

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