[Phys-L] Re: Secularists lean politics. Was: Finally the secularists strike back

[mnmon at CONNCOLL.EDU (Monce, Michael N.)]

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"Bias against nonbelievers is the last civil rights struggle in which
blatant discrimination by politicians is viewed as acceptable
behavior," said Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Coalition fo=
r
America. "That situation is about to change."


      Somehow this doesn't ring very true with me.  Last year on our =
"secular, humanist campus" the student Christian organization came un=
der some very harsh criticism from both other students, and more disg=
usting to me, some faculty for chalking some Biblical quotes.  Meanwh=
ile every other student club from the Republicans to the local Marxis=
ts chalk our sidewalks on a regular basis and receive no comment.  I =
was so disturbed by the nature of which an religious student club was=
 singled out for retribution I wrote a letter to both the campus pape=
r and the administration.
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       I don't think it is the non-believers who are under attack on =
college campuses these days.  Freedom *of* religion is what is under =
attack.
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                                                    Mike Monce (perso=
nally an agnostic)
                                                    Connecticut Colle=
ge