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Originally Posted by transplant99
Cause you are.
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Pretty ridiculous man, I'm sorry.
Opening up a forced christian prayer to a moment of silence where everyone can do their own thing quietly is anything but intolerant.
I don't think you can be reasoned with at this point. You are hell bent on going the "he's making a big deal out of nothing, and getting what he deserves as an intolerant athiest" route and nobody can make you see otherwise.
The fact that every single christian in that room would be able to still have a christian prayer and only sacrifice the ability to force everyone to go along with them pretty much renders any intolerance argument invalid. Nobody is stopping anyone from praying. They just don't want to be forced to go along with it or hear it.
And I'm sorry, but frankly the sentiment that "someone can just get up and leave if they don't like it" is perfectly fine for some cases, but you have to respect the right of someone to bring up an issue and say "hey guys, you know what? I don't really appreciate having your belief system shoved in my face daily. I am fine with what you believe in, but can we respect ALL belief systems equally instead of favoring one?" That doesn't sound intolerant at all...quite honestly it sounds the opposite.
And to say that the guy can just get up and leave during the prayer part...this is for a graduation. For all students. Not just the majority, all of them. This should be a celebration that everyone can enjoy, a celebration made for a group of people that accomplished something while coming from different places, different belief systems and different cultural backgrounds. They all achieved the same thing. Let them celebrate it in a way everyone can enjoy.