Religious Celebration On NC Government Property-Where’s The ACLU?
Posted on October 1, 2008
Today marks the climactic end of the month-long Ramadan fast as thousands of Muslims from across the Triangle gathered for congregational prayers at the State Fairgrounds Exposition Center in Raleigh.
The occasion, known as Eid al-Fitr (EED al FIH-trr), the happiest day of the Muslim year, is a celebration of the spiritual sacrifice Muslims make during the month of Ramadan when they refrain from eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. Literally, Eid al-Fitr means the feast of the fast breaking.
At the State Fairgrounds Exposition Center, Triangle Muslims observed Eid al-Fitr by prostrating in neat, single-file lines for prayers, then kissing and hugging one another and making plans to visit family and friends.
Interesting. See, the North Carolina State Fairgrounds are owned by, yup, you guessed it, the State of North Carolina. Here we have a religious ceremony on government property. You would think that the NC branch of the ACLU would have pitched a fit, if not the national branch. Nope. Not a peep.
Imagine if a huge group of Catholics or Baptists wanted to perform a religious ceremony there. Or, the Boy Scouts. Think the ACLU would have jumped in with both toe nail colored pink feet?
Just for reference, I could care less about the Triangle Muslims using the State fairgrounds. I see no problem with allowing religion on government property, as long as everyone is allowed. I am just highlighting the hypocrisy of the ACLU.
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So,
If your muslim and you pray on public property it’s OK because you are part of a protected minority of a BILLION people worldwide but if your a devote Christian and you want to wish a public employee ‘Merry Christmas’ there is a serious breach of human resources policies….
Islam will kill you.
Christians will write letters to the editor.
Which carries more influence, worldwide?
Did they pay to rent the place, or did the city let them use it out of the goodness of their heart?
I’m a bit uncomfortable with the idea it’s ok for one group…the one who wants to see us all convert or dead to get use of public property, while another one, regardless of the history, that is filled with people who are loving and kind and welcoming, are shunned.
I have issues.
Yeah! [edited] civil liberties!
The city probably set the event up. And had foot wash and towel racks in line next to the missile launchers ect… Obama & his friends must have been there. Obama needs the foot wash to wash his hands because his hands was in the housing scandal of millions of tax payers money.
Actually, as I understand it, the Exposition Forum is a quasi-public forum that can be rented out by whomever wants to use it, including any religious group. Thus, there is no issue here regarding religious preference. In fact, had the government refused a religious group access to the Forum they would have been in violation of well-established Supreme Court precedent. With this in mind, it’s really a no brainer as to why the ACLU was silent on this. Now, if you can provide evidence that in fact other religious groups have been turned away from the Forum, then you have a good point regarding the ACLU’s silence, but my hunch is no such evidence exists.
mbl, I have little problem with them using the Fairgrounds. My point is that if this was a Christian group, the Boy Scouts, or some other group, the ACLU would be on this in a heartbeat.
The ACLU will do whatever it can to bring down this country.
Teach, you mean like the Church of Good Shepherd, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes or the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Greater Raleigh…oh and the Boy Scouts too?
http://www.ncstatefair.org/events/4-08.htm