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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Endorsing or Accepting?Ann Althouse brings attention to a possible change in the service requirement at UW Eau Claire:
On it's surface this proposal makes sense? There is a difference between endorsing a religion and simply accepting that people believe it, and have a right to. That's the other part of the 1st amendment, lest we forget.
It's a fine line that we drew there. UW Eau Claire by previously allowing religion based service related work wasn't saying that's your only choice. You could have done any number of secular activities as well. However, now they are saying that religious activities are somehow verboten. If you believe and practice a religion, we should respect and allow it. UW Eau Claire is trying to make it seem like the only way to not promote a religion is to pretend like they don't exist. It's the same reason why I'm against gay marriage restrictions. By allowing gay marriage, nobody is forcing you to be gay. However, if you are gay, you should have the same right to marry as a heterosexual couple. Preventing gay couples from marrying isn't going to make homosexuality disappear. You don't have to like it, but you do have to accept it.
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