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auraphauna t1_j0u7lfg wrote

Reply to comment by GoArmyNG in Happy Chanukah to ALL from Portland! by 010kindsofpeople

I completely disagree, in that I think both this menorah and that nativity scene were perfectly fine, but I respect your consistency on the topic.

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GoArmyNG t1_j0u812a wrote

It's a bit of a slippery slope thing for me. Today, it's a Menorah at Portland Town Hall. Tomorrow we elect a pastor as our state governor for no reason other than that person is a religious leader. It doesn't work, there's no political merit there.

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auraphauna t1_j0usx1i wrote

The slippery slope fallacy is just that, a fallacy. Our cities and towns are communities of people but also communities of communities. Honoring our Jewish heritage, or celebrating our Christian churches, is good and right, and does not at all mean that our government is operated on religious principles. Besides, I feel like electing a religious fanatic to the governorship of Maine is a little far fetched. Even our right-wing demagogues are quite secular.

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