gerryh everything in the Bible belt of the deep south is based on religion.
They don't even go out and see their shadow before prayer.
I have not problem with people being religious more than half my family are.
In fact I was in Cape Breton last week being driven around half of them do
the sign of the cross passing a church still. Don't kid yourself these folks
dominate the political and social agenda of everything.
Where I take issue is when they attempt to apply religion to the secular
society at large. You want to be religious great you want to dress in sack cloth
and ashes even fine but don't try to manipulate others into the religious vision
of all.
I spent years going to mass and church events with family that is until the day
a magic birthday said I am old enough to say enough already. Do I think kids
should go to school half naked, of course not but this kid is not inappropriately
dressed, in mainstream society. I am not an atheist but I sure as hell avoid the
church crowd as much as i can.
Yes acceptable is subjective but the social police are going too far.
We expect nonsense like this in the Middle East and for ideological reasons in
place like China. North America in the mainstream has moved into the 21st
century. We live in a multi cultural and secular society its called democratic
freedom where individualism is given preference
