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Old December 27th 04, 07:38 PM
Gary Drescher
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Parks are for feeding pigeons without religious intrusion.


Well, without religious intrusion *by the government* (which is what I think
you meant to say). Its fine for evangelists to come to public areas to try
to persuade others of their views. (Personally, I enjoy trying to convert
them to atheism in response.) It would even be fine for *private* groups to
construct nativity scenes (or whatever) on public land, *provided* that the
land is made available for *any* group to construct advertisements for *any*
opinion, however unpopular or offensive. What's objectionable is when the
government takes sides about religion by granting special privileges for
particular religious expressions on public land.

--Gary