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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
It is trivial - how is a human right being violated? And the national anthem is played at official state functions - is that violating human rights?
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Let's ramp up the issue and see what it gives us.
Let's say a worse scenario, where in his prayer he evangelized, saying something like "Lord you are the source of all good things, thank you for sending your son to die for our sins so that all who accept would be saved, and we pray that those who don't believe in you, those that follow false gods or no gods at all would come to believe in you."
That's a more extreme case (but still the person praying is practicing their religion), is that a human rights violation?
I think the premise is that it's a basic right to not feel marginalized by one's government because they're promoting one religion over another. If that's the case then the extreme case, then is the actual prayer the same as the extreme case (just less extreme), or is it the same kind of thing?