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Published On: April 30, 2010|Categories: MRFF's Inbox|0 Comments|

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SIRS,
I AM AFRAID I CANNOT AGREE WITH SOME OF YOUR POSITIONS.  BY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM I TAKE IT TO MEAN THAT THE FREE EXPRESSION OF IT IS NOT
ABRIDGED NOR SHOULD ANY PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS POSITION BE FAVORED.  THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT INCLUSION OF AN OCCASIONAL RELIGIOUS SYMBOL
CONSTITUTES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAVORING OR FORCING UPON US ANY PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE.
AS THE BADGE OF THE EVANS ARMY HOSPITAL CONTAINS A CROSS, HISTORICALLY AND LONG ASSOCIATED WITH SAY, THE RED CROSS AND HOSPITAL OR MEDICAL OR CHARITABLE SERVICES… SAY SINCE THE CRUSADES EVEN… THEN WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
ACCOMMODATING ISLAM OR INDEED ALL RELIGIONS BY THE REMOVAL OF ALL RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS IS A FOLLY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.  IF ATHEISTS ARE NON BELIEVERS IN GOD THEN THE CROSS, JEWISH STAR, STAR AND CRESCENT CAN HAVE NO MEANING TO THEM, AND THUS IS NO THREAT TO THEIR FREEDOM TO NOT BELIEVE.
NEITHER SHOULD THE OCCASIONAL DISPLAY OF ANY OR ALL OF THOSE MENTIONED RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS BE SEEN TO CONSTITUTE AN ABRIDGEMENT OF ANYONE’S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.  I CERTAINLY DON’T FEEL THREATENED BY THE STAR OF DAVID, EVEN SHOULD IT BE USED ON SOME MILITARY UNITS BADGE.
YOU SIRS ARE TILTING AT WINDMILLS AND ALL THIS KNEE JERK REACTIONARY ACCOMMODATION OF EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL BELIEF ABRIDGES MY RIGHT TO
BE OK WITH THE OCCASIONAL DISPLAY OF ANY RELIGIOUS SYMBOL AS TOTALLY UNTHREATENING.
NOW, WHY IN HEAVEN WOULD I EVEN CARE ABOUT OFFENDING A RELIGION WHICH IS SO CLOSE MINDED AS TO MAKE POSSESSION OF A BIBLE IN THEIR COUNTRIES A CRIME?   THIS IS OUR COUNTRY AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR VERY STRENGTHS ARE ALSO OUR VERY WEAKNESSES WHICH AN UNSCRUPULOUS AND DETERMINED ENEMY IS
EXPLOITING AND IT AVOWED TO BRING ABOUT OUR TOTAL DESTRUCTION.
BY YOUR LOGIC, IF THE MUSLIM POPULATION OUTNUMBERS THE CHRISTIAN OR OTHER POPULATION OF THE U.S. THEN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE OUT OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE…. CONSTITUTIONALLY SPEAKING.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO OFFEND SOMEONE.  WE SIMPLY CANNOT REMOVE EVERY OFFENSIVE ELEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE A SMALL MINORITY OF OFFENDED PEOPLE OR GROUPS.
NOR DO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A “NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER” AS NO ONE IS BEING FORCED TO PRAY.  OUR FREEDOM TO IGNORE IT IS INTACT THUS NO CONSTITUTIONAL INFRINGEMENT EXISTS.
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