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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: The Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Speech
- Keywords: AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power
- Message-ID: <13944@optilink.COM>
- Date: 19 Jan 93 01:13:24 GMT
- References: <1993Jan14.222658.4107@wetware.com> <19564@smoke.brl.mil> <1993Jan15.184050.21761@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan15.184050.21761@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, lrabe@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Lee A Rabe) writes:
- > Yes. You are so right. This is *horrible*. The Catholic Mass is a sacred,
- > holy time. The Catholics are worshipping their OneTrueGod, and their choice
- > of religious beliefs should be respected.
- >
- > But, if this holds true, it HAS TO HOLD TRUE FOR *EVERYONE*.
- >
- > So, the next time wiccans are practicing *their* faith, worshipping their
- > God/desses (who, btw, they believe in just as much as Catholics believe in
- > their OneTrueGod...), please don't interrupt their services. Don't take away
- > and profane their holy items. Don't assume that just because their faith is
- > different from yours, that it is wrong.
-
- If they did so, they would be subject to arrest. At least in California,
- the laws against disrupting religious services apply to ALL religions.
- Does anyone know of any examples otherwise?
-
- > My biggest gripe with *SOME* Christians is that they want religious freedom
- > to preach their faith --- and then want that same freedom to be denied to
- > other faiths. How hypocritical.
- >
- > LAR
-
- Can you give some examples? I've never seen any in my lifetime. I've
- seen examples of how the liberal enthusiasm for the War on Drugs has
- been used against peyote users. Christians weren't the reason for that.
-
- I've seen examples of how liberals have used their power to suppress
- Christianity (Soviet Union, most of its satellites, prohibitions on
- voluntary prayer in public schools).
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- --
- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
- "When freedom destroys order, order will destroy freedom." -- Eric Hoffer
- Not a goal, just a statement of reality.
-