The forefathers vision of the melting pot was to peacefully assimilate with whatever religion we may have.
Granted, the forefathers had their hypocrasies with slavery, but eventually society grew past that and I believe the forefathers dream played a most signifigant role in the abolitioin of slavery. To be fair, it did take western culture and religion to do away with slavery.
I'm all for anyones expression of their beliefs with religion in schools.
But that also applies to non-Christian religions not enforce their ways.
And when it gets to the subject of taking a veil off for an I.D card, or ways in a faith that are primitive and uncivilized, when that is in question and even given the time by an attorney, it is time that peole step back again at what was intended by the countries earlier documents.
Christianity after all with the non-hypocrite is supposed to be accepting and has more to do with the personal relationship with God, as well as aid the disadvantage.
Missions were started up by the Christian Church and long before there was a welfare system - That was our welfare system and for many still is.
It should'nt be a matter of which way is better as much as how would you like to live.
If you think another religion or goverment can do it better, by all means live there.
Athiests and ACLU types would have someone think they are an biggots for not accepting anothers belief and in turn can be as biggoted as they say the Christians can be.
Frustration over not taking a veil off for an I.D. is just one example of what gets interpreted as biggoted nowadays. Not to mention in our Holiday season of having a Christmas dispay.
We have ceremonies for other religious practices.
But every one wants to have equal time. But Chrisianity like it our not, is still the biggest church in America.
If someone wants equal time given to the practices of the Middle Eastern faith and is upset, then such people may want to ponder how far a Christian would get with their expression in a lot of these Middle Eastern countries.
You will know what I mean when I say how intolerant the left has become to get into this anything goes mentality.
Yeah, anything goes unless someone screams ouch and says something against that way.
It would be better if Social Libraterians and Christians could just go back to that dream of having harmony and acceptence and help those that are truely victims of the system rather than being offended and calling eachother biggots.
I would'nt let either an athiest, homo, or Christian try to make me accept their way just like I would'nt ask them to accept my way.
That is my definition of respecting others.
Somehow, that compass for the line that gets crossed between unacceptence and bigotry has been lost.
There is a huge difference.
Saying be who you want to be but don't try to change me or where I live is not being a biggot.
Why would people want to move away from an oppressive goverment and change that countries rules of acceptence anyway?
It does kind of leave the suspicion that other goverments and religions are out to take over the west.
It is not just a bunch of uptight Christians that believe that.
There are also those from those opressed lands that do not want things imposed from where they left.
People going through that have it the hardest.

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