Here's a letter to the editor I sent in regarding this article:
I take issue with Adrianna Boris's column "Anti-Christianity an Ugly Problem." It is ludicrous and egotistical to think that because the United States criminalizes theft, murder, etc. that these must be based on the Ten Commandments, as if the handing down of the Ten Commandments were the first time these acts were made illegal. The phrase "America was founded on Judeo-Christian values" is really just a meme repeated by Christian conservatives that really does not have any meaning and is never elaborated on. The fact is that many of the values people held at the founding of this country are totally incompatible with today's society and not something Christians would want to align themselves with. As for the Home Depot employee: as anyone who has ever worked in retail will tell you, it is common company policy that employees cannot wear badges, tags, slogans, etc. of any nature (religious, political, humorous, whatever). The employee was not fired for wearing a Christian-themed pin, but rather for refusing to obey the dress code. An "under God" pin is not required religious dress for Christians, and the Home Depot could also regulate religious dress at work if they so desired. What is truly an ugly problem is how some Christians create this air of victimization in order to give themselves a sense of superiority and draw empathy.
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Bill Santagata
Nov 04, 2009
6:24 p.m.
Here's a letter to the editor I sent in regarding this article:
I take issue with Adrianna Boris's column "Anti-Christianity an Ugly Problem." It is ludicrous and egotistical to think that because the United States criminalizes theft, murder, etc. that these must be based on the Ten Commandments, as if the handing down of the Ten Commandments were the first time these acts were made illegal. The phrase "America was founded on Judeo-Christian values" is really just a meme repeated by Christian conservatives that really does not have any meaning and is never elaborated on. The fact is that many of the values people held at the founding of this country are totally incompatible with today's society and not something Christians would want to align themselves with. As for the Home Depot employee: as anyone who has ever worked in retail will tell you, it is common company policy that employees cannot wear badges, tags, slogans, etc. of any nature (religious, political, humorous, whatever). The employee was not fired for wearing a Christian-themed pin, but rather for refusing to obey the dress code. An "under God" pin is not required religious dress for Christians, and the Home Depot could also regulate religious dress at work if they so desired. What is truly an ugly problem is how some Christians create this air of victimization in order to give themselves a sense of superiority and draw empathy.