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by Bubbles » Thu, 10 Nov 2005 7:01 pm
Yes Mary, it's true, we only hear the tip of the iceberg because, as you say, it's newsworthy.
However, just because it's still a novelty subject and therefore gets much press space does not mean that the subject itself is not worthy of our condemnation, if that is what we deem to be the case.
It is so emotive a subject, and such an important one, that this will catch fire very quickly and you'll get people who will jump onto the bandwagon, pushing this to places it should not quickly go.
Before long this will be massively followed and different states will be legislating right, left and centre, I bet you.
Religious movements in general are much more to the fore in the US than say, Europe, so you have powerful sides to the question.
Whether this leads the world to believe we are Godless in Europe, I'm not sure, but the Church, in any shape or form has always held great sway over it's followers, and in the US it's seeing a great revival, so yes, this matter could very well be the cause of great change to different areas of secular life if the majority of lawmakers within it decide to follow one way of thinking.
It just needs lengthy discussion of the calm kind is all I think.
Bubbs.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.