Another mythical Constitutional Amendment

From the Madison, Wisconsin Capital-Times...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has removed religious content from a memorial service for murder victims planned for next week after a watchdog group complained.

A religious hymn called "This Too Shall Pass" and a closing prayer by a Lutheran pastor will not be included in the ceremony as initially planned, department spokesman Kevin St. John said Friday.

The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation complained Tuesday that the hymn and the prayer at the state-sponsored event would violate the separation of church and state guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.

After a review, St. John said the department agreed the content was on shaky constitutional footing.

So why does the mythical concept of "freedom from religion" trump freedom from atheist censorship?

One commenter asks...

And while we're at it, let's have a Hindu priest and a Muslim imam and a rabbi and a Wiccan priestess and anyone else who wants to join in the service do so. People of all faiths, and no faith, are murdered every day. Can the athiests and the fundies both just quit taking themselves so bloody seriously?

Why not have clergy of any religion represented in the roles of murder victims participate? Why only have an Atheist service? The commenter was being obtuse and hateful as many "moderates" are (deluding themselves that "the middle" is always "fair") but why not have a Moslem Imam list those murder victims who were Moslems, then offer a prayer or Koran reading in their name. Then a Rabbi, a pastor, etc. The reason is that Atheism is the only religion allowed a monopoly, because Atheists still pretend their religion isn't a religion, and the government is willing to go along rather than risk ever doing anything that might "seem" to favor Christianity.

Posted by Danny Carlton at September 24, 2007 7:04 AM