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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Here is a story about crosses being erected along public highways to remember fallen officers in Utah. They were paid for and errected with private money. The families of the officers had been asked and were in favour of the remembrance:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/18...osses-highway/ |
I can't build a shrine to the Calgary Flames on the side of the Trans-Canada either. That in no way prevents me from cheering for the team.
Putting a piece of private property on a public space isn't religious expression. It's a property rights issue.
How can you view that as preventing religious expression?
The Tebow situation clearly isn't prayer. It's dumb kids goofing off - like planking. Why would you even bring that up?
The others regarding valedictorian speeches are cases of a student inflicting their religious views on other students - they aren't prevented from practicing their faith. If she wanted to discuss it in an appropriate forum (after school group, or in a religious studies class), that's not a problem. But I don't want my kids being preached to.
If you want your children to be able to proselytize to other students, perhaps you should enroll them in a private religious school. The public system needs to remain homogeneous for everyone.