What do you mean by "private matter"? Are you saying that religion should be brought into government? Or are you saying that people should feel free to openly discuss their religions in public venues?
I guess I don't see there being any big push towards people keeping their religions "private" outside of not having the government sanction religion. I see massive religious events, massive religious institutions, religious television and radio programming, and religious billboards. Doesn't sound all that private to me.
I do however disagree if you are talking about bringing religion into government. Blind faith is not a valid argument for legislation, particular when that blind faith varies from person to person, community to community. Just look at the uproar from people when a new MN member of the HoR decided he was going to take his vow with his hand upon a Koran rather than a Bible. It didn't matter to the complainants that the whole point is to swear upon something the swearer holds important. They were too busy being caught up in their own dogma.
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I guess I don't see there being any big push towards people keeping their religions "private" outside of not having the government sanction religion. I see massive religious events, massive religious institutions, religious television and radio programming, and religious billboards. Doesn't sound all that private to me.
I do however disagree if you are talking about bringing religion into government. Blind faith is not a valid argument for legislation, particular when that blind faith varies from person to person, community to community. Just look at the uproar from people when a new MN member of the HoR decided he was going to take his vow with his hand upon a Koran rather than a Bible. It didn't matter to the complainants that the whole point is to swear upon something the swearer holds important. They were too busy being caught up in their own dogma.