“Secularists are often wrongly accused of trying to purge religious ideals from public discourse. We simply want to deny them public sponsorship.” WantTryingReligiousAtheismIdealsDenyPositive AtheismDiscourseAccusedPublic DiscourseSponsorship Author:Wendy Kaminer
“There are two kinds of comprehensive doctrines, religious and secular. Those of religious faith will say I give a veiled argument for secularism, and the latter will say I give a veiled argument for religion. I deny both. Each side presumes the basic ideas of constitutional democracy, so my suggestion is that we can make our political arguments in terms of public reason. Then we stand on common ground. That's how we can understand each other and cooperate.” GivingKindTwoIdeasReasonPoliticalSidesTermReligiousCommonDemocracyArgumentDenyDoctrineLatterSecularSuggestionsReligious FaithSecularismComprehensiveCommon GroundPolitical Arguments Author:John Rawls
“And how can we ever again succeed in educating children to become moral men and women if, in America's public schools, we consciously deny them all religious instruction, and deny them access to that primary source of morality, God's own word. The Bible is the one book from which they are expressly not allowed to be taught.” IfsMenChildrenBookSchoolAmericaReligionReligiousMoralTaughtSourceMoralitySucceedMen And WomenDenyAccessPrimariesInstructionPublic SchoolPrimary SourceEducating Children Author:Pat Buchanan
“When people run a business and open their door to the public, they must serve the public. That doesn't mean they can't say whatever they want to say. It doesn't mean they can't believe whatever they want to believe. Those are protected also. But businesses must serve the public. And that's a principle that we fought for in this country over many, many decades, when some were invoking religious freedom as an excuse to deny people on the basis of their race, on the basis of their religion, on the basis of sex and on the basis now of sexual orientation. Let's not confuse one thing with the other.” PeopleWantBelieveMeanCountryRunningSexReligiousRacePrinciplesDoorsOne ThingBasesExcuseDenyDecadesProtectedOrientationReligious Freedom Author:Chris Christie
“That Solidarity was a religious movement no one, least of all the Soviets, can deny. In November 1981, Pravda denounced 'religious fanaticism' as a grave challenge to socialism; failure to contain it, Pravda said, was at the root of the problems in Poland.” SaidProblemChristianChallengesReligiousMovementRootsDenyGravesSocialismSolidarityFanaticismNovemberPoland Book:God and Government Source: God and Government
“Lately the First Amendment has been interpreted to deny equal protection of the law to those who believe in God. The Constitution established freedom for religion, not freedom from religion!” FirstsBelieveHas BeensChristianLawReligiousEqualConstitutionDenyProtectionBelieve In GodAmendmentsFirst AmendmentFreedom Of ReligionEqual Protection Author:Jack Kemp
“In one generation of silent neglect, we have allowed the revisionists of our history to rewrite our past and deny that we have a Christian heritage.” ChristianPastReligiousGenerationsSilentDenyNeglectHeritageOur PastChristian Heritage Book:Enough is Enough Source: Enough is Enough
“...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line.” LifeMayDesireHeavenReligiousLinesDarkRaceHellAngelHorseLongingDenyDesperateGamblingAfterlifeMultitudesGermsSecuredTidyFresh StartHabitatFrictionFinish LineUnpredictabilityDark Horse Book:Skinny Legs and All Source: Skinny Legs and All
“When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?” PersonsBeliefCausesReligiousSubjectsPolicyBattleDevilEvidenceDenyDebateDiscussionReligious BeliefPublic Policy Author:Lawrence M. Krauss