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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (45869)	3/31/2002 8:27:07 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't view allowing a private group to put a NOEL sign on a terminal building to be government entangling itself with religion. Private bodies are allowed to post all sorts of things on public property. If this is entanglement, then government is entangled with almost everything, including religion. In many cities, busses sell advertising space on their sides -- would you argue that it's okay to sell such space to Marlboro to promote cigarettes, but not to a Church group? If so, isn't government actively discriminating against religion, which is just as bad as promoting it? It's tradition in our town to post notices of deaths and funeral services on the post office door -- since our local paper only comes out once a week, it's not a very effective vehicle for announcing funeral services, which here typically take place three or four days after the death. But the post office is at least quasi-government property. Do you object to religious services (which funerals are, of course) being posted there? Should a church youth group be allowed to use a public park for a picnic? If so, what's the difference between that and a private group putting up a Noel sign?