Free speech.....war comming....

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by RAZOR

I hear this often about forcing someone to believe in a certain way. Why is their such worry about that happening here, dont get me wrong I am not for it, I just dont know where this is happening in America. No one is ever forced to pray their is no gun held to their head. No one is forced to believe a certain doctrine or join a particular house of worship. I know this might be the way in the Mid east and also in communist China, where religious freedom is not tolerated. But why must we always talk about forcing, when its not an issue, or if it is tell me where its happening.

That is my point. Most times the people are not being forced, but just witnessing someone praying. Unfortunately in the public school I went to, if you did not pray, you were ridiculed, embarrassed, and made to feel like an evil person if you did not pray. It was the teachers and administration doing this. I myself didn't have a problem with praying, and I used to laugh at those who went through this. I look back now and it is a regret I have from my youth.

Just to be clear, I do not believe this is the norm. This is an isolated incident, but it only takes isolated incidents for knee jerk reactions to take place where everything is banned to silence a squeaky wheel.