You people are posting some unreasonable strawmen and I'm not going to needlessly sit here and address it all.
clearly, since you aren't addressing this point to a
real argument, those must not be strawmen. my point, which you ignored, is that christian literature is indeed taught in schools, and prayer groups are in fact allowed. since this is
simply a point of fact, clearly what you are being forbidden is more than simply allowing christians to function as any other group within the public school system. if this is all you are clamoring for, then you are simply under a false impression, and in the process giving everyone else here a false impression of what you're asking for.
My point is the OP and thread title implication that Christians are imposing religion and that theocratic government is threatened upon the nation is false in that Christians perse do not impose laws.
i agree, our lawmakers are not good examples of christians. however, they do
claim to be christians (
all of them, btw, or pretty close to all of them), and the current party in power in
all three branches of government strongly plays to (and manipulates) white, christian america. these are christians making laws for christian voters.
We, like secularists, gays, et al all work to elect lawmakers who make the laws most desireable to us.
"secularists" is not an organized group. neither is "gays." and secularism
does not impose itself on religion; it is saying that the government should not be a religious organization. this allows every religion to operate as it so wishes. neutrality is the opposite of bias, buz. it's not just another bias. having a secular government is not the same as having a government that outlaws religions. but legislating
any one religion is like confining all the others by law.
and what you are essentially arguing for here, by bringing up "secularists," is that religion should be in government. that is the natural implication of your sentiment. by saying that you are not a member of the group defined by the belief in separation of church and state, you are saying that you do not believe church and state should be separated.