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...Fear that celebrating Christmas excludes other religious??or non-religious??traditions compels the Harvard campus into lavish public displays of other wintertime holidays. Indeed, when Christmas is explicitly acknowledged, it is only through sterilized, secularized aspects such as fir trees, wreaths, and Santa Claus; but, since other holidays have not enjoyed—or suffered—almost complete absorption into popular culture, religious elements cannot easily be discarded...
While many of these abstinent students are religious??like Parker and Brinton, who are both Mormon—most of them cite secular reasons for not wanting to have sex. Many mention the possibility that sex could hurt the emotional aspects of a college relationship, and others say they believe that sex is meant to be an expression of a life-long commitment, a commitment they are not ready to make...
...freedom of speech, and at worst, would force politicians to make up phony reasons for why they feel a certain way about certain issues. As many religious politicians point out, it is difficult if not impossible for them to separate their most deeply held convictions into “religious?? and “non-religious?? components.Still, the media and common Hillary-haters could not help but characterize her statements as anything but a naked election-grabbing ploy. But it seems unfair to question the sincerity of a former Sunday school teacher who attends church more...
...Easter weekend in America, I asked some friends of mine whether Good Friday and Easter Monday are national holidays like President’s Day. They looked at me in shock and then smirked as they politely informed me—knowing about my distrust of most things religious??that I was now living in a “real secular country” where religion plays no part in the state. This is one of America’s more admirable qualities, yet seems to be not quite the whole truth...
...there are even more problems than the sins of “religious?? athletes. What happens when Boston College plays Notre Dame? Who does God root for? What about in Brigham Young’s games...