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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: mishedlo who wrote (33157)12/20/2003 10:10:19 AM
From: Edscharp  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
misheldo,

Your post puzzles me.

If you're anti-Bush then fine, but why would that affect your view of free expression of religion? We are talking about the right to wear an item of religious symbolism, we are not talking about the right to evangelize religious beliefs in a school room. If you live in the USA you must know that organized school prayer in public schools is against the law. Any principal of any public school that allowed it, much less encouraged it, would be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Also, who will decide what constitutes a relgious symbol? Suppose Christians are banned from wearing crucifixes. Suppose 10% of all Christians then decide to start wearing green colored belts as expressions of their faith. Do you ban green belts too? These kinds of laws are silly, stupid and unenforceable.

On the subject of telling France what to do I am astounded by the response I've seen. France is a sovereign state. No American can tell them, much less force them, what to do. No matter what is said France will do exactly what they want to do, but it seems to that American's are entitled to their opinions. If France doesn't think much of our opinions then fine, but what exactly is your problem with that?

You asked how the U.S. would feel if France butted into out affairs. Well, where have you been? The entire world is unafraid of letting us know exactly what they think of us and why. There are certainly no shrinking violets on this board and from a host of people that clearly do not reside in this country.

It's called 'free speech'. I don't understand why your hatred of Bush would allow you to lose sight of that.

I will leave the subject of 'US hypocrisy' for another post. It falls hand-in-hand with the subject of world hypocrisy and the belief that the US has monopoly on hypocrisy.
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