Thursday, November 13, 2008

I read A Case of Religious Discrimination. A religious group called the Summum, asked Pioneer Park in Pleasant Grove City, Utah if they could add its own monument to the park. The park already has many monuments to things like 911 and the Ten Commandments. So they asked if they could put a monument to the group Seven Principles of Creation, which is believed to be handed down from god on tablets to Moses on Mount Sinai. The city denied the group the right for their monument to join the others because they only let people who have ties to the community do it. I think that they deserve religious freedom. If one group can leave a statue of the Ten Commandments the there religious views should be equally respected. I agree that the city ultimately elevated the importance of Christianity above other religions. They only allowed the Ten Commandments; there are so many other religions that are represented in America. It is a free country, and everything from Judaism to Daoism should be accepted. By having all types of religions represented in the park it would only let everyone experience all sides of America. In a public park no one should feel as though they are being discriminated against because they aren’t Christian. We have so many privately owned religious places, but people shouldn’t be confined to those spaces. They should feel accepted no matter where they are. So I agree that the park needs to accept all religions or none at all.

1 comment:

Mr. B said...

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