Allow. None. Of. It.
Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. ‘Seven Aphorisms’
WASHINGTON – If a city allows a monument with the Ten Commandments to be erected in a public park, must it also allow other religions and groups to display monuments of their choosing? The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up that question in an unusual dispute over the reach of the 1st Amendment and freedom of speech.In the past, the court has said the free-speech rule applies in parks and officials may not discriminate against speakers or groups because of their message. In this context, freedom of speech means a freedom from government restrictions.
But last year, the U.S. appeals court in Denver extended this free-speech rule to cover the monuments, statues and displays in a public park. It ruled in favor of a religious group called Summum, which says it wants to erect its “Seven Aphorisms of Summum” next to the Ten Commandments in Pioneer Park in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Its ruling left the city with an all-or-nothing choice: Allow Summum and others to erect their own displays in the park, or remove the other monuments.
</em>Simple question, a choice of simple answers. If a city allows any religious monument or depiction, then they have to display them all. Simple. Now, the “Only Our God Is The Real God” crowd will sob and moan that they are being “victimized” by having to share space with “heathens” and hey, you’re half right. You shouldn’t have to.
Nor should anyone else. ANY religious depiction in a public area supported by public dollars is ILLEGAL. I don’t wish for my tax dollars to fund your mythology, anymore than yours should support mine. To all those who bemoan “kicking God out of public life”- ponder this between prayers for my soul- you are only the “state religion” because of demographics and guns.
And you just lost the numbers bit. In 20 years, you might lose the guns part too. So unless you want your great grandchild praying to Mecca five times a day…then shut the f up and practice your faith in private by your own rules and your own money.
