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But who are you to say what constituted religion? Basketball may be a sport, but its my ****ing religion too. It explains the universe to me. Magic Johnson is my Jesus Christ. It absolutely governs my everyday conduct, and gives me a sense of purpose.
Does my religion not count because you think its silly? I know a lot of fundamental Christians who think that Hinduism and Buddhism are ridiculous. Where is the line to be drawn? There is no sub-clause of the establishment clause defining religion. Yes, there is a dictionary definition, but that still is pretty broad. My basketball belief may be really really heartfelt. Who are you to say I can’t believe in basketball?
The fact is, these people have a legitimate, heartfelt, religious belief. The ruling by the Supreme Court directly violates their first amendment right. They messed up.
FWIW, I believe the monument should be allowed. Furthermore, any religious monument should be allowed, as long as it adheres to the same rules and regulations any secular monument would have to abide by (height, width, materials) for a location. However, this is assuming that there are absolutely no public funds involved in the monument’s construction. In other words, if this proposed monument was going to use any public money, its off the table. But if it was all private dollars, it should be allowed. This, I believe, is the strategy most in keeping with the original intent of the founders.
Does my religion not count because you think its silly? I know a lot of fundamental Christians who think that Hinduism and Buddhism are ridiculous. Where is the line to be drawn? There is no sub-clause of the establishment clause defining religion. Yes, there is a dictionary definition, but that still is pretty broad. My basketball belief may be really really heartfelt. Who are you to say I can’t believe in basketball?
The fact is, these people have a legitimate, heartfelt, religious belief. The ruling by the Supreme Court directly violates their first amendment right. They messed up.
FWIW, I believe the monument should be allowed. Furthermore, any religious monument should be allowed, as long as it adheres to the same rules and regulations any secular monument would have to abide by (height, width, materials) for a location. However, this is assuming that there are absolutely no public funds involved in the monument’s construction. In other words, if this proposed monument was going to use any public money, its off the table. But if it was all private dollars, it should be allowed. This, I believe, is the strategy most in keeping with the original intent of the founders.
That's like me trying to interpret Christianity as nothing more than an integrated basketball game. There's no reasonable comparison no matter how much I believe in it myself. They are two completely unrelated organizations.
Assuming you were to convince anyone that basketball is your religion. Then your religion should be treated the same way as something like Christianity. So if there's a monument to Christianity donated to a park, why should yours be treated differently.
Or lets try it the other way. If my debunking your religion means that Christianity is bunk, than basically there is no reason to differentiate between the two monuments.
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On a side note: you're really good at sensationalizing and twisting the meaning of news articles. This hardly qualifies as "free speech killed."
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