# Do any lefties \*really\* want to remove religion from all public life?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 21, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-lefties-really-want-to-remove-religion-from-all-public-life/196786 "2003-08-21T22:26:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-lefties-really-want-to-remove-religion-from-all-public-life/196786/61 "2003-08-25T01:15:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by catsix \*  
> \*\*Until you’ve faced the kind of bias that a public official shows when he points at the Bible on his desk or the Jesus picture on his wall and says ‘If you’d start acting more like a normal American, people wouldn’t call you a goat-sacrificing baby-killer and threaten to beat you up.’ it is hard to understand.
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> These kind of experiences have lead me to react to seeing such religious items in government buildings and the ‘halls of justice’ and beginning to suspect that this is not a place where my right to live in peace with my own (lack of) religion. If someone believes strongly enough that Christians are the only ‘real’ Americans, are they going to do their job and give me equal protection? \*\*

Is this a real experience you have had? I can’t imagine a judge saying that.

Forgive me for being skeptical, but I do believe this is an exagerration if not an outright lie. And I tend to think it is simply an outright lie.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-lefties-really-want-to-remove-religion-from-all-public-life/196786/62 "2003-08-25T01:43:34Z")

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I doubt if it needs to be a lie.

I have had similar observations made to me by Judges, years ago. I was “Strongly encouraged” to consult the bible when I became a consciencious objector, although that was a Military Court Officer, rather than a judge. But it was still an infringement upon the process of justice by an opinion entiirely based on a particular religion.

I am a Christian, and I still found it offensive.

Tris

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**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-lefties-really-want-to-remove-religion-from-all-public-life/196786/63 "2003-08-25T01:55:08Z")

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when questioned by the Pharasees(SP?) about paying Roman taxes, Jesus told them “Render unto Ceaser what is Caesers, and render unto God what is Gods”.

Doesnt that mean obey the law? He was told to remove the monument, he should remove the monument.

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