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In reply to the discussion: So now there's also a "post-inaugural prayer service at National Cathedral"... [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)Is anybody making you attend? Or making you watch? If not, how are your rights being trampled? I'm not a believer, either, but frankly I don't give a damn if other people go to church -- even the president. Like Thomas Jefferson famously said: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Most Americans profess some kind of religious belief, mainly Christian. So let them do it, even publicly, even as part of a public event, as long as they don't require me to do likewise.
The only religious people who get under my skin are those who attempt to use the power of the government to enforce or prohibit behavior because of their religious beliefs. Otherwise - a post-inaugural prayer service at a cathedral is absolutely no skin off my butt. Really, there are bigger fish to fry. Not worth getting heartburn over.