Originally posted by Guineapig:
The U.S is thankfully a secular state, Pat, no need to worry or get your panties up in a bunch. I don't know about crosses in public buildings, especially as they are a symbol of Roman Catholicism & this country was founded upon 'Protestant' Christianity; this should answer your question on why a Bible or Christian material & not a Qur'an in court.
The 'Churches' here have no direct or indirect say in political matters (e.g: the Pope has little to no influence in this country's political affairs), or do you think otherwise? Why a Qur'an instead of a Bible in court?
Not necessarily the churches, but mainly these courts with the 10 Commandments or any other religious symbols. The Qur'an shouldn't be allowed either, but I'm saying this: If these courts wish to have us swear over the Christian Bible or have the 10 Commandments, than why don't they put every single religious symbol of every religion up? With that said, it'd be impossible to do that, so just having these Christian symbols makes those non-Christian uneasy and sometimes offended. -Pat
