Something to bash on

[LemmingofGlory]

The intent of the original writing of "Separation of Church and State" was meant to protect these religious minorities from the tyranny of the majority, rather than to excoriate all religiousity from the public's view.

I think this bears repeating. For emphasis.

Why? It's blatantly wrong, because it's a strawman. There is no movement "to excoriate all religiosity from the public's view." That would involve far more than, e.g., removing religious monuments from court rotundas. It would involve censoring religious television channels. It would involve taking religious books off of shelves in libraries. That's not what's being asked for, and frankly, that kind of douchery is what the fundamentalists do.

What is desired is for the government to show no favoritism to any faith (or lackthereof). Putting "Under God" in the pledge is just as undesirible as putting "Free Of Gods" in the pledge. Tacking the Ten Commandments everywhere is just as tacky as stenciling "There Is No Afterlife, So Don't Kill Folks!" on the walls of government buildings. I don't think the government should be doing stuff like this. But more than that, I don't want it to, because listening to the government tell you about religion is like getting therapy from Michael Jackson.

-Lemmy