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To: Brumar89 who wrote (167984)	8/6/2011 7:45:33 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 543699

We were talking about prayer at a public school. If people want to sit in public and pray on their own hook- in public places, at times when they aren't interfering with the purpose of the public place (like praying out loud in the middle of your calculus class)- that's fine. Taking over the machinery of a governmental institution- the congress, a school, a battleship, the presidency, whatever- and using it to further religion is wrong. That is clearly favoring religion, over secularism, and one specific religion, if one is mentioned, over all other religions. I will always, always think that is wrong. People who have their religion favored in such a way naturally think it's "fair"- but people with preferences always thing they are fair. Talk to any minority who ever got a preference. They are all sure those preferences were "fair". And every white man thought attempts to make the playing field level, when management was all white, were "unfair". People have a hard time seeing the unfairness of systemic unfairness which favors them. It's human nature.

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