emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
And if Christians refused to let parents/children opt out of school prayer and indoctrination,
we would hear no end to the lawsuits from the ACLU and Freedom from Religion groups across the country!
Excellent points. Are there zero Christian parents in California who would file a lawsuit on this problem of cloaked-pedophilia in grade school there?
Dear Silhouette
At this point, it seems that the arguments defending Christian beliefs don't get as much sympathy.
I think the stronger argument we need to establish nationally to change this whole environment/dynamic
is to declare and agree that LGBT BELIEFS constitute a CREED that is faith based and not proven.
Until LGBT and liberal beliefs are recognized equally as other faith based biases from other religious groups,
until we start recognizing and treating political and secular BELIEFS equally as other forms or religious beliefs,
we have discrimination going on.
People are conditioned to interpret the First Amendment as defending secular against organized religions.
But we haven't established the broader more inclusive and equal interpretation of ALL beliefs
under religious freedom. So this bias has never been addressed, resolved and accepted/established.
I think that is what is missing.
And that's why Christian groups don't get sympathy in courts.
In Texas, in conservative led courts and govt, these arguments have won.
But it's very hard to make those arguments and win in a secular environment.
I'd like to see this matter resolved once and for all,
and have agreements between party leaders to start recognizing
political beliefs for what they are. They are creeds, faith based,
and cannot continue to be imposed through govt without
violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments and
Civil Rights laws against discirmination by creed.