Word: non-christian
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...Many non-Christians, especially Jewish Americans, find creches on public property offensive. After all, the Nativity scene underscores the theological division between Christianity and Judaism. And for atheists, the presence of the display might make them feel alienated from mainstream American life. These effects are accentuated for non-Christian children who, as the ACLU writes, "will question... [their] identification with American culture...
...justice. A decree On Ecumenism, committing Catholicism to work for Christian unity, for the first time acknowledges Protestant bodies as churches that share God's grace and favor. The declaration On Religious Liberty states the right of all men to freedom of conscience in worship. Another declaration, On Non-Christian Religions, condemns anti-Semitism and asserts that the Jewish people as a whole cannot be accounted guilty of Christ's death...
Bashir fought and killed when he found it necessary, but after his election the man who was considered a narrow and fanatical sectarian by his enemies acknowledged that he had to make concessions to non-Christian communities if he were to develop a national consensus...
Prayer has never been prohibited in this nation of many religions. We should not fetter our freedom of religion by mandating Christian public prayer in our schools [May 17]. This will lead only to making the non-Christian child a pariah...
...faring reasonably well In a recent poll, 62% of those interviewed approved of the way he is handling his job, a high figure in a notoriously cynical electorate. But the jovial Prime Minister has a handicap. A member of the small center Republican Party, he is the first non-Christian Democrat to head a government in 36 years. Even a small crisis could bring down his fragile five-party coalition government and send Spadolini through those swinging doors...