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Swiss Vote to Ban Minarets

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Gang of One11/29/2009 12:42:04 pm PST

re: #268 SixDegrees

When that prohibition is enacted for religious reasons, I find it odious in the extreme.

If they want to extend the ban to any towers that serve to call the faithful to prayer or to advertise their religious symbol over a wide area, I probably still wouldn’t care much for it, but it wouldn’t be nearly as objectionable as the suppression of one single religion’s application.

On a purely practical level, I also don’t see how this is supposed to solve anything. It strikes me that such a ban can only serve to make things worse by exacerbating tensions on both sides.

I am not saying that there is no religious or cultural element to this. I am speaking about actual rights. None have been denied.

re: #270 McSpiff

What’s considered freedom to build? I and the majority of my country members don’t really feel comfortable with churches as such… You can just worship in a private home tho right?

Your question makes no sense. You have the right to pursue happiness, but you are not guaranteed a right to happiness. And you can worship own your own home as many do.