Reply #159: There! You See?

[arwalden]

Thank you!! It's not impossible or unreasonable for religious people to be able to recognize the importance of and to respect that church and state must remain separate.

The ones on this thread (and other threads), who naively see nothing wrong with it, would be certainly be singing another tune if the public school were in a predominantly Muslim community and *their* little Christian boy 'Johnny' was being singled-out as being different, and having stay behind, and not socialize... and color or finger-paint.

When the state-endorsed activity is Christian, the RW Christians on DU come out of their hidey-holes in support of it.

Christians such as yourself have an OBLIGATION to speak out against those who support a blending and blurring of the line between state and Christian activities. In my estimation, far too many "liberal" Christians choose to remain silent (so as not to offend their Christian brothers and sisters?). Such silence is, for all intents, a stamp of approval and an endorsement of these abuses.

I hope more folks follow your example and identify themselves as Christians and SPEAK OUT against things like this. Frequently, it seems that the only ones who speak out are the non-religious, non-Christian, non-believers... and as such our opinions are often INSTANTLY disregarded, or they carry less weight. Unfair but true.