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Originally Posted by tompe
To me it is more important to allow anything in a tax-funded museum. That is because in a private museum you will be getting the owners personal taste and opinions influencing the choice of what to display. A tax-funded museum can and should be more non-biased.
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That's my view on it too. Pandering to purely one section; whether out of fear of losing money, losing support, or actual violence; is a waste of taxpayers money and to a degree betraying the trust of those taxpayers who don't have such a vocal community.
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
There seems to be a persistent idea that Christians are some kind of persecuted minority in the USA. This is incorrect. They are neither persecuted, nor a minority.
They do seem to be upset that people who aren't Christians are no longer remaining silent.
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This is something that's always puzzled me, too.