America's Godless Public Square: Godless, Naked Public Square Signifies Liberty
Saturday July 26, 2008
A common complaint from the Christian Right is that strict separation of church and state threatens to create a 'godless' or naked public square and that the goal of secularists, godless atheists, and godless liberals is to do just that. A godless public square appears to be the worst nightmare for the Christian Right, and even some liberal Christians have bought into the idea that there is something wrong with this. They don't realize that the public square is already godless - as it should be.
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My opinion: The public square is godless for the same reason art supply stores sell blank canvasses.
If a group of stubborn painters insisted that all canvasses be sold containing a single pre-painted image, it wouldn’t make much sense in a democracy, would it?