"Humanists" Challenge Voting Booths in Churches
From Cybercast News Service:
(CNSNews.com) - The American Humanist Association on Wednesday announced the launch of the first "nontheistic" legal center in the nation's capital -- a direct response, it said, to the "influence exerted by the religious right under the Bush administration."My Comments:
The group said it is particularly concerned about "damage" to Thomas Jefferson's "wall of church-state separation."
The AHA's first legal project (lawsuit) stems from the midterm elections. The group is challenging the location of polling places in churches. While some churches cover their religious symbols on Election Day, others do not, and the AHA sees that as a major problem.
Humanists plan to argue that religious proselytizing took place at the polls. "We put out a call to our members whose polling places were churches, asking them to report what they saw," said AHA President Mel Lipman. "The response was shocking."
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If you lefties are offended by having to vote in churches, you can always vote absentee. Or, better yet, don't vote at all.
Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Church Deserves Thanks, Not Grief
posted by Pro Ecclesia 5:41 PM
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This group sounds familiar have I heard of them before?
Either way I like your mindset, if you don't like where you are supposed to vote, don't vote.
Shocking? I'll bet. You have to expect over-reaction from people who think the mere sight of a crucifix is taken as a threat of rack and thumbscrews. I'd say ridicule mixed with pity is an appropriate response, as long as good leagal counsel is availible to fend them off.
I suppose it's not impossible that some church, somewhere, decided that Election Day might be a big proselytization opportunity, and put up "Join our Church or You'll Go Straight to Hell" signs, or whatever.
But I doubt if there were many like that.
At our parish, the local "election officials" (such as they were) asked our pastor to cover the (rather small) crucifix in our parish hall, where the voting was done. He declined. A good vote was still had by all.
Three cheers for your pastor.
I just want to know how many polling places were offered by the "humanists" for the service of their communities.
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