re: #20 Obdicut

I respect an atheist who wants his or her own display in turn. I disrespect those who brush religion off as voodoo (locker, I hope you are lurking) and those who would thwart a religions access to public space like a park. I make a straightforward call for mutual tolerance and it’s being questioned at length.

Why would tolerance for religious (or any other) display in public space be looked at so suspiciously? I do not get that. Tolerance for the other persons beliefs and lifestyle is a net plus for our society. It should extend to shared spaces like parks. For some (present company excepted, I refer to the world beyond this blog) this is a bald exercise of anti religious bigotry.

As the elections showed we have a long ways to go with racial issues. About as far as we have to go for religious tolerance. AFAIK, I’d like to see a display for Ramadan. Peaceful outreach at a park. Not such a horrible concept at all. Push back on religious bigotry.

Obdicut I think/hope you can see where I am with this is quite apart from those that vandalized the atheist display whoever they are. I speak to all of the above in the identical spirit to my strongly supporting the mosque near ground zero.

Okay time for my commute. GTG