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Referencing THIS story.
A question for Conservatives.
If a Valedictorian in a south carolina school decided to rip up their speech and instead read the islamic Call to Prayer, would you have an issue with that? If so, what would the reason for your taking issue with it?
First, it wasn't a call to prayer. He read a portion of Scripture. 2nd, no I wouldn't take issue, wouldn't like it at all as I personally believe Islam to be a religion of war and an enemy of the US, but it is freedom of speech.
Wouldn't a very simple solution be to just pray before or after the ceremony?
Why do people, of any faith, feel the need to be heard when they pray or read scripture?
Wouldn't a very simple solution be to just pray before or after the ceremony?
Why do people, of any faith, feel the need to be heard when they pray or read scripture?
Referencing THIS story.
A question for Conservatives.
If a Valedictorian in a south carolina school decided to rip up their speech and instead read the islamic Call to Prayer, would you have an issue with that? If so, what would the reason for your taking issue with it?
First, it wasn't a call to prayer.
The "Call to Prayer" or the Adhan is, to my understanding, something similar to the Lord's Prayer for Christians. I was meaning that, not an actual like "Yo peeps, everybody bow your heads and pray with me" calling for prayer if that's what you thought I meant.
Wouldn't a very simple solution be to just pray before or after the ceremony?
Why do people, of any faith, feel the need to be heard when they pray or read scripture?
Public expression of faith is an article of belief in many religions, and protected speech under the 1st Amendment.
Given that the country is, depending on what survey you believe, 70% or more self-identifying as Christian, it stands to reason that there's going to be a certain amount of public expression.
If a Jewish student wished to say a few words from the Torah, I would have no issue with that.
Now in all honesty, I'm not a big fan of Islam just the now, for obvious reasons. But if the valedictorian was Islamic and wanted to say something briefly as an affirmation of his/her faith, I don't think that is outside the bounds of reason either.
Obviously, it's legal. But in many cases, it is inconsiderate - such as this one. There are people of different faiths in attendance at public gatherings, and people who just don't want to hear it. Either way, the issue could very simply be avoided if people would just keep it to themselves, or in the church.
Obviously, it's legal. But in many cases, it is inconsiderate - such as this one. There are people of different faiths in attendance at public gatherings, and people who just don't want to hear it. Either way, the issue could very simply be avoided if people would just keep it to themselves, or in the church.
We are tired of our rights being squelched.
No one is squelching your rights... :roll:
It's a matter of respect and consideration for others. If you are at a public event, just pray to yourself or read your bible silently. God can still hear you eace
Then the other way around. I don't want to hear that there is no God and that Evolution is true. But if I say that people would cry foul, why is it any different here?
I'll grant you some people are sometimes overly pushy about their religion, and that is something even I find annoying, even when it is my own co-religionists.
I don't think a brief prayer or a "... and I want to thank God for what I've been able to accomplish" would be at all excessive, though.
Because nobody reads darwin or professes their non belief at the podium during a ceremony :roll:
While we can be battered by the religion of athiesm with no protest?
Guys, can we please not make this into a "RELIGION IS BAD - - - SCREW THE ATHIESTS" mud slinging fest arguing about whose more of an attention whore or what not. There's an actual topic and question here, why not answering that rather than multiple people trying to devirt things down their pet line of conversation?
I can assure you, they do.
I can assure you, they do.
Not to mention they blast the theories in school as well which is actually worse than what happened in this instance.