"The point is as liberals force feed the country racial diversity they attack religious diversity at every turn"
Perhaps this is due to the fact that race does not go door to door, disturbing peace to bring people into their culture... Religion does, and then as soon as someone says "No thanks" to a religious person, they treat you as though you are some sort of convicted felon.
Race is something that is not believed in, it is something you are born as. Religious organizations seek to propagate their ideas and inherently flawed philosophies of life, and use you as an example if you do not wish to join them for any reason.
Isn't this one of the reasons we left england in such a hurry, to get away from a manipulative church that had ties to the government?
"There's nothing wrong with atheism but how would all you atheists like it if the government was telling everyone that you can't say God doesn't exist, simply because the Constitution mentions religion?"
All of "us" atheists don't condemn people for believing in a god. If you do, you don't really know what you're talking about. We simply wish not to be judged by these religious organizations, and be accepted by them as fellow human beings. This doesn't happen though. I can live comfortably aside a religious person or an atheist, but they judge those who are not religious as someone below themselves or someone who has been tainted. That is the same segregation that we speak out against when it comes to racism. Do not attempt to judge that which you do not understand, and then expect to be protect from the same act being done to you by others.
The right analogy though, for that would be if a government official decided to hang a plaque outside of his office paying tribute to Charles Darwin that reads "There is no god" and then having religious people attack him for it. The law is suppose to be BLIND to religion, that means to leave out of government any hint of religion whatsoever. The people behind the desks can believe whatever they wish, so long as it doesn't infringe on the citizens rights to believe as they see fit.
The 10 commandments should be removed from government buildings because that building belongs to the people and a lot of people do not agree with the 10 commandments. It doesn't mean that the 10 commandments should be looked down upon, only removed from a public building. So what? Does this act in some way discredit the ten commandments, does it make the commandments worth less to the people that believe? No, so what's the problem?
If you want the ten commandments hanging up somewhere, do it on your private property, not on something owned by the public.
My point is, government without religion does not harm religion nor government. All people in America are citizens of it, and not all people believe the same thing, so for the sake of compatibility with all citizens, keep religion out of government. After all, it doesn't harm religion or the government... I do not see the problem.
