Supreme Court rules in favor of public legislative prayers

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's just wrong. And wasn't it reggy or Felch who said that people are never pressured into participating in the pledge, or participating in praying?

This is also illegal - which was Felch's point. People do illegal things sometimes.

[MrFun]

Higher body count thus far.

Good job.


But the similarities or parallel I was referring to, was ideological temperament with the purpose of forcing everyone to live according to their religious belief; not body counts.

[MrFun]

Hmmm.




Apparently not.

Oops.

[MrFun]

People do illegal things sometimes.

Gee, ya think?

[Sava]

Higher body count thus far.

Muslims have a lot of catching up to do.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Gee, ya think?

So.... you have no real point?

[MrFun]

So.... you have no real point?

My point is that Felch is downplaying societal pressure and pressure of conformity too much. With regard to public prayer, yes, people are protected to an extent by law against compulsion to pray in contradiction to their own belief, and so on. But only to an extent.

Felch seems to be okay with public prayer in government setting, based on the fact that it's illegal to compel or pressure others to violate their own belief. He's not considering the factor of informal social pressure, fear, and so on.

[Sava]

Felch likes to pretend to be libertarian when he's just a straight up conservative... with all the usual indefensible beliefs.

[Kidlicious]

Muslims have a lot of catching up to do.

Why aren't you dead?

[Imran Siddiqui]

My point is that Felch is downplaying societal pressure and pressure of conformity too much. With regard to public prayer, yes, people are protected to an extent by law against compulsion to pray in contradiction to their own belief, and so on. But only to an extent.

Felch seems to be okay with public prayer in government setting, based on the fact that it's illegal to compel or pressure others to violate their own belief. He's not considering the factor of informal social pressure, fear, and so on.

Informal social pressure, fear, etc. are not things that the Constitution concerns itself with.... which, btw is Felch's point in its entirety.

[Felch]

Felch likes to pretend to be libertarian when he's just a straight up conservative... with all the usual indefensible beliefs.

I'm a pot-loving conservative.

[Ben Kenobi]

purpose of forcing everyone to live according to their religious belief

Which is why you stood up for Mozilla's CEO?

[Berzerker]

If you're going to comment on my abilities as a teacher, perhaps you should sit in on one of my classes first, eh?

we go over the constitution and the preamble to the declaration of independence.

no further comment needed

[Imran Siddiqui]

It was a slip-up. I should have said Tealiban Christians to specify, rather than all Christians.

Ok, this makes you sound even more silly...

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Informal social pressure, fear, etc. are not things that the Constitution concerns itself with....

Strongly disagree.