Comments | direwolf23: Religious Equality

direwolf23

Religious Equality

Oct 01, 2009 09:49

Recently there has been controversy over a set of football slogans, derived from the bible, that have been used by a cheer-leading team. (Assumes that you've read it before continuing)

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woodychitwn October 1 2009, 17:28:10 UTC

Excellent points, thanks for sharing!

foxplay October 1 2009, 18:20:29 UTC

In my opinion they are equal human beings (have the right to life, choices and such) but not equal in their speech, a trend that is slowly changing. But imo far too long have people used religon as a gaurd for hate speech and bigoted idealism, it was acceptable to use religon to segregate the blacks back in the ol' days.....I guess we havent learned from the past just yet ( ... )

llamaslug October 1 2009, 19:19:31 UTC

Insightful post! I had no clue about the other bannings of religious speech from the school. Good for them for keeping it neutral! But yes, the only time we hear about "Religious Persecution" is from Christians... who always still feel like they're going to be fed by lions.

kanickb October 1 2009, 22:15:26 UTC

I'm not afraid to admit that my religion has been and still is used for hate speech against a number of groups. Even other sects, such as the Westboro Baptist Church pictured above, take it to a whole new level. Especially since they believe they can say I'm not a Christian of any sort ( ... )

aiden_raccoon October 1 2009, 23:58:55 UTC

I read the story when it was posted in Christianfurs and made a comment on cloudchaser_s LJ (not the group LJ, his own). However, I had no idea that it was that huge ass banner. I thought it was just a bible reference like how chic-fil-a and In and Out burger puts that on their cups and shit. Who do these cheerleaders and school think they are. The day churches decide to keep their hand out of government policy making is the day I'll consider going back.

darkwolph October 2 2009, 00:32:06 UTC

Size in this case is irrelevant. Chic-fil-a and In and Out are PRIVATE BUSINESSES. They can make Jesus their own personal icon if they want, they are private, for-profit entities. If it helps or hurts their business, well, that's capitalism. This is a public school. Whether it is a large banner or a little quote on a uniform, if they are representing a public school and, more importantly, are speaking out to the public on behalf of their school (like it or not, cheerleaders are school advertisers through and through) then religious neutrality is not only in good taste and, dare I say it, fair, but it is the law. This is a country of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and and values. People don't have the right not to be offended, but they do have the right not to have their values persecuted and to express their own beliefs and values freely and equally. Dire said it great when he pointed out the concept of wanting to be 'more equal' than everyone else. This goes two ways... look at some of the concepts that have emerged in gay

aiden_raccoon October 2 2009, 10:17:30 UTC

They do want special rights while complaining about other groups, like gays, that are only looking for equal rights.

darkwolph October 2 2009, 17:33:24 UTC

That's a highly biased observation. While many, many gay individuals I know have experienced tremendous hardships in their lives and have fought tooth and nail for equality, I have seen a lot of 'more equal than other groups' requests from individuals in the gay community ( ... )