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...successors locate the archive, the effect on biblical scholarship would be be profound. Instead of relying on half-legible inscriptions and fragments of clay and stone, historians would suddenly have access to huge amounts of information, set down not to advance religious ideas but to record secular events. The historical accuracy of much of the Bible could be settled, one way or the other, almost at a stroke...
...personally think of a Christmas tree as pretty darn secular. But if it can't be separated from its original Christian context, then let's get rid of it rather than turn dinner into a house-funded showcase of religious pluralism, as Tucker argues we must do out of fairness to all faiths. I gave house dues for microwaves, beer and dances--not a gallery of world religions. --Daniel K. Hamalainen...
Harvard is a secular institution. We have no religious requirements or dictums to fulfill or follow. The University rightly separates itself from students' religious activities, allowing independent but associated organizations in the United Ministries to conduct activities on their...
...University's obligation to keep common rooms and dining halls devoid of non-secular decorations is just as clear as the case for classrooms. All students have equal access to these areas and should not have to confront religious symbolism when using them. The presence of one group's symbols in a junior common room, for example, might discourage another group from having its meetings there. That is not what common rooms...
...whatever religious emblems they like in their own rooms; these spaces have been designated completely private. They can also worship in the many locations the University provides. But public areas at the University must not be used for religious decorations if we are to maintain our integrity as a secular community...