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Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders
I remember when the words "under god" were removed from the pledge of allegiance- a small minority affected a large portion of the population of the USA. I'm willing to bet if I went to the home country of that individual, I would not be able to change their religious veiws as they did. I believe in most problems that you will ever face, "majority rules" will often provide the best solution.
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I'm not trying to change anybody's religious views. I just don't think it is appropriate for there to be any government-funded religious displays of any kind. In order to be fair, every religion would have to be represented. I would want the appropriate display for the Church of the FSM, for example. It would be pretty difficult to accomodate everybody, so we should keep displays on private property, which is exactly where my Christmas tree is going to be.
"Majority rules" needs to be countered by protections for the minority, because we are all members of a minority in some circumstances. If a majority of people in your neighborhood voted to occupy your house and kick you out, would that be fair?