Separation of church and state

[dance_shiva]

I think very little of Christine O'delaware.  When I do think of her, I think of her as a sad, shrill, deluded little creature who believes too much in her own righteousness to be capable of compassion, let alone governance.  I think she is another Palin-esque figure-head...and I mean that literally...a totemic wooden woman's likeness that has been

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[toothlesshag]

You came to a conclusion that has been beyond my reach all week

[kouaidou]

This is one of the reasons I <3 Slacktivist. As someone who grew up in that boxed-in Evangelical subculture he can reveal a lot about the particular writings and figures that fuel those sorts of beliefs. He didn't cover CO'D re: Church and State (except in a YouTube link and a 'wow') but has covered her claims to practicing Witchcraft and claims to having 'dabbled in' Hare Krishna in a way that was very illuminating about the bubble those statements were fostered in.

[kouaidou]

He does have some general posts about the separation of Church and State that come at the issue from all different angles. Here is a pretty good one he did earlier this year. Lovely quote:

[They] like to think that their particular religion is protected by the First Amendment while other, less widely held religions are merely "permitted," merely tolerated out of a benign condescension. But the First Amendment does not make or allow for any such distinction.

And another interesting take he did against derisive claims that Obama was a "secularist" President, which borders on reductio ad absurdum but does raise a very interesting question.

[flaviarassen]

That boat analogy was breathtakingly accurate.

[unprotoize]

Would it be safe for you to unlock this entry? I'd love to share it.

[dance_shiva]

Okay