| Thursday, June 27, 2002 |
08:13 - Legacy of the 50s
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The answering machine of the atheist plaintiff in the Pledge of Allegiance case has been overflowing with "personal and scary" messages ever since the verdict was handed down; he's had to move his daughter, whom he was originally concerned with being "injured" by having to say under God, to a "safe place".
Now, even though I'm about as non-religious as they come, and a fierce proponent of the separation of church and state, I agree that this verdict was ridiculous and should be overturned. We made our bed in 1954, and now we have to lie in it.
But, you know, I don't think it speaks very well of religious people's supposed ethical superiority for them to be leaving death threats on someone's answering machine.
He's not Salman Rushdie, you know.
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