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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv
Besides the drug-addict, sick role modeling being promoted, and besides the role modeling of enabler behavior being fed to young people, this whole Prince worship with purple lighting of public buildings is another giant example of the double standard promoted when it is Hollywood-liberal media and marketing in the driver's seat of public, governmental agencies.
People now scream and cry that they are victims, "offended" by public building displays and even the mention of "Christmas". Christian groups are branded "offensive" for placing Christmas displays on/at public buildings and schools and grounds.
So why is it not "offensive" when public buildings and structures, such as the Atlanta City Hall, Birmingham City Hall, Los Angeles City Hall, San Francisco City Hall, the I-35 Bridge in MN, and many other such public structures across the nation celebrate and worship Prince with purple lighting, at significant taxpayer expense!
What the h*ll is wrong with people who cannot see the double standard that is just fine when it is a drug-addict Jehovah's Witness (anti-Christmas) entertainer being celebrated/worshiped on public buildings, but the word 'Christmas' in lights or a nativity scene lit at a public building sends the opposition into a frenzy to punish Christians--with fines and cease/desist orders--in the public courts?????
Think!!
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The US and MN Constitution forbids promoting one specific religion at the cost of others which probably is why some people get angry when the State promotes Christianity over other religions.
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Sec. 16. Freedom of conscience; no preference to be given to any religious establishment or mode of worship.The enumeration of rights in this constitution shall not deny or impair others retained by and inherent in the people. The right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience shall never be infringed; nor shall any man be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any religious or ecclesiastical ministry, against his consent; nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference be given by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state, nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious societies or religious or theological seminaries.
Sec. 17. Religious tests and property qualifications prohibited.No religious test or amount of property shall be required as a qualification for any office of public trust in the state. No religious test or amount of property shall be required as a qualification of any voter at any election in this state; nor shall any person be rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity in consequence of his opinion upon the subject of religion.
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Article I of the MN Constitution.
The purple on buildings has nothing to do with Prince's religious beliefs as he was a very private person about his religion. That's about his music.
I do not own any of his CDs and probably have not knowingly listened to a song of his in decades.
More about Prince--
Then and Now: Scenes from Purple Rain | Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio