I don't try to impose my beliefs on anyone else, Joe. I think if you take a look at my posting history, you will find that to be the case. That's all I ask of anyone else. They can read whatever books they want to, and I want to be free to read whatever books I want to.

They can practice whatever religion they like as long as they don't impose it on anyone else, and I would like to have the right to practice whatever religion I choose, or none at all, as long as I don't impose my beliefs on others. I don't think that's too much to ask.

The problem comes when people use the courts, the government, and the public schools as a way of imposing their religion on others. And it does happen. I don't mean by just exposing them to it. I mean by imposing consequences if people practice religions other than the predominant one(s) (or none at all).

I think this is more of a problem in isolated and rural areas. About the time that I was being harassed for not being a Christian, I knew a woman who, along with her children, were being threatened because they didn't belong to a church, and the woman wore black a lot. They said that black was a satanic color, and the fact that she wore it a lot meant that she worshiped the devil. I don't think the color of this woman's clothing was any of their business, and her children certainly didn't deserve to be harassed for it.