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To: E who wrote (6025)3/31/2002 1:33:03 PM
From: Poet  Read Replies (2) of 21057
 
That was an eye-opener. This struck me:

Consider, again, Ashcroft's speech last month: "Civilized individuals, Christians, Jews, and Muslims, all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator.... All people are called to the defense of the Grantor of freedom...." Are individuals who don't see "the Creator" as "the source of freedom and human dignity" uncivilized? And how can "all people" be "called to the defense of the Grantor of freedom" if some people do not believe the Grantor exists? In lauding the attorney general's ecumenicism, conservatives ducked the real issue: that for this administration, celebrating the dignity of all believers has become a way to impugn the dignity of those who believe in no religion at all.


I can see how the omission of atheists (nonbelievers? What word should be used?) would be extremely upsetting.

Somebody please give Ashcroft a heart.
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