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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (260136)	11/14/2005 8:52:54 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572580

re: To you, having locally-sponsored Christmas celebrations violates the "establishment" clause, but to me, banning them from the public square violates the "free exercise" clause. By God, a gray area. Would you support statues of Muslim hero's in front of your kids primary schools? bin Laden? How about Muslim prayers or Madras classes in the schools? How about atheist inscriptions on the school, like "God is a myth and Jesus is a joke"? You want "free exercise" and you open Pandora's box. I like Christmas stuff... it's fun and makes everyone feel good... even the "opposition" religions, from my experience. If you religious nuts didn't freak out over a few atheists the whole thing would probably be a (small) joke.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (260136)	11/15/2005 1:44:23 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1572580

To you, having locally-sponsored Christmas celebrations violates the "establishment" clause, but to me, banning them from the public square violates the "free exercise" clause. Well to the extent that Xmas is a Christian celebration of the birth of Christ it makes sense to keep government funds out of the celebration. To the extent that it is a day for families to get together and receive gifts from Santa (which is all that it is for many people) the government funds shouldn't be a problem. Xmas is sort of tricky because it is so much a combination of popular culture and religion that the lines are blurry.