A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.

A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      545·
      9 months ago

      …If the government is going to permit one ideology to put up religious iconography on their grounds, then they must include the other religions stop and take those down.

      • Coasting0942@reddthat.com
        24·
        9 months ago

        At the moment, SCOTUS treats no belief as a separate religion. In our life times we are going to have to aim for the more achievable “all religions matter”.

        • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          123·
          9 months ago

          SCOTUS gets something wrong, what a shocker. You set your goals for how much progress you want to see in a lifetime and I’ll set mine.

        • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
          8·
          9 months ago

          For reference, this is what it looks like for me (desktop firefox):

          So, looks fine to me formatting-wise. I read the intent to be that (1) they’re quoting you, and (2) they’re conveying a government building should not be a place for religious iconography, at all.

          I’d be happier if there would be no religious presence in government buildings too, but alas, the SC has ruled for what we’ve got. So I suppose it’s nice at least that we’ve got TST to help ensure our governments aren’t playing favorites

        • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          …If the government is going to permit one ideology to put up religious iconography on their grounds, then they must…

          …stop and take those down.

          Out of curiosity, does the earlier post’s strikethrough for the part I’ve now removed show up for you? I’ve heard that some apps don’t handle all of the formatting options particularly well.

        • Agrivar@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          FWIW, I’m reading this thread in a Firefox browser on a PC and only the bolding works for me. I see the double-tildes at either end of what should be struck out text.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      291·
      9 months ago

      I’d put it on par with trespassing into a church and breaking the crosses. It’s destruction of other people’s shit because of the religion it represents but with no additional implications

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      Christians demand that acceptance while refusing it (literally to the point of violence) to anyone else.