Indiana
A woman in Blogland is displeased that the Indiana legislature has barred chaplains from mentioning the name of Jesus or other religious figures when delivering the opening prayer to legislative sessions. She goes on to conclude that soon religion will be banned completely and everywhere.
Her argument goes like this:
* I did not get my political way.
* My political beliefs are based on my religious beliefs.
* Therefore, people are trying to destroy my religion and religious beliefs.
There is no point in wasting words about the invalidity of the argument. One must just sigh, and try to stay warm on this cold December morning.
posted by Lynn @ 9:46 AM
3 comments
3 Comments:
Indiana is really a mess right now, and the fundamentalist interests are teeming for all sorts of proposals coming up, most publicized being the insertion of Intelligent Design in school curriculum. They have a very ugly strategy. I think this latest 'outrage' is just to stir up the bees.
Edie,
Maybe, as a practical matter, the Indiana legislature won't want to get involved in a highly publicized lawsuit. There will certainly be one if they vote in ID.
I can't wait for the Dover trial verdict to come out.
Ironically, the surest way to dilute the spiritual efficacy of your religion is to institutionalize it with the state.
As with most things, this has more to do with power the piety.
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