The Freedom From Religion Foundation:
Asking if freedom of religion for the faithful includes freedom from religion for the faithless is a good question to ask. I personally think it should. Members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation want to have "Under God" removed from 'the Pledge of Allegiance', and "In God We Trust" from money. I absolutely agree with them. Perhaps this would be a gesture of good will for atheists, Buddhists and religions that do not involve a god. However, these same people also would like to ban free Bibles from hotel rooms. I'm sure that religious people could give scores of reasons to read the Bible, but with illiteracy so widespread in this world and in our own nation, anything that might encourage reading should be allowed. I feel the same way about the works of Nietzche, the "Egyptian Book of the Dead", "Playboy" and other controversial works of literature. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper and as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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