NOTICE: I do not pray!

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158. We are talking about 2 entirely different things.

For one, I'm not even a big advocate of faith based initiatives programs. I'm not particularly offended by them either. I'm rather indifferent. Having said that, non-religious organizations get plenty of tax dollars from the government for similar reasons. You can't exactly call it a discriminatory practice when there are programs in place to give government funding to organizations of all stripes, religious or not.

Regardless, it still has nothing to do with what I was talking about at all. I was specifically talking about the practice of passing legislation based on a religious doctrine. There is no religious doctrine that orders us to setup a faith based initiative program, so that's irrelevant to the point I was speaking to. I'm talking about establishing laws and rights strictly based on religious teachings.

I came to that conclusion because of your poorly thought out comparison. It was worded in such a way that insinuated that saying "this is a religious country" is the same thing as saying "this is white country". That's ludicrous. And when I say we are a "religious country", I'm talking about our culture. This country has a deeply religious culture. That's all there is to it. Theres nothing wrong with pointing that out. Its true.