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So the cross identifies Christians but not catholics? Which specific religion is displaying the cross endorsing again?
You have failed to show how displaying a cross, menorah, or star and crescent in a public place is "making a law respecting an establishment of religion"
However I can tell you that denying anyone, especially through law, the right to display any religious symbol in a public place is a clear and blatant violation of the 1st amendment.
que? I said, specifically, that catholocism is a branch of christianity. I even bolded it above.
and, i'm not the one who is confused about the concept of endorsement, yo. Perhaps you should curl up with a nice cup of cocoa and a dictionary. But, don't watch nascar or any other sponsor-based activity; reality is harsh.
Claiming expression via common property is the question at hand; no one rips dainty little crosses off of the necks of Christians in public schools. However, personal expression under the first amendment doesn't allow anyone to commandeer public property. You don't have the right to decide what to display at your local school. end of story. No first amendment strawman necessary.
Now, did you want to get back to listing all of the religions BESIDES Christianity and it's variations which revere the cross or are you done dancing?
And this is the exact reason that you can constitionally display a cross, menorah, and/or the star and crescent on public property and buildings. Read the language of the 1st ammendment again "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." By making it illegal to put a cross in a public building the government is making a prohibitive law in regards to a religious symbol.
Also, Christians and catholics belong to different church's and interpret the bible differently. But Anyway putting that aside let me be specific instead of trying to lead you down the path.
You can't claim a cross hanging in a public building is the state sponsoring one specific religion, as the cross covers a variety of different religious interpretations and teachings not just one specific form of Christianity, it covers all christianity and all catholicism.
Yes I was being purposefully obtuse before.
It's hilarious that you'd even try to suggest that catholics, who derive their beliefs STRAIT from christ on a CROSS, is somehow different than any other flavor of christianity who, as it turns out, also derives their belief directly from CHRIST ON A CROSS.
seriously, dude. it's not even worth my time to point out how fucked up your misnomer about established validation is when you can't seem to figure out that baptists and catholics and protestants and everyone in between are still CHRISTIANS. Exactly how sunni, shia and kurds are still MUSLIMS.
but, i guess acting glib beats the hell out of having to figure out another religion that reveres a cross, eh?
so, YOU claim that a cross represents a myriad of religions?? NAME THEM.
