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Girl Guides told not to participate in Ottawa-area Santa Claus Parade due to secularism policy (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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This is just stupid.

I'm an atheist. A devout atheist.

This is not "secularism", it's stupidity.

As atheists, my family celebrates the traditional secular commercial Christmas. We will also happily attend Chanukah celebrations, Kwanzaa celebrations, winter solstice celebrations, Nicholas Day celebrations, Yule celebrations, Festivus celebrations, or whatever else we are invited to attend. Our beliefs are not so delicate that they could collapse just from being exposed to others joyous celebrations. We love participating in other people's joy.

This sort if fanatical secularism sucks all of the joy out of the season.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, that's just stupid. I was in Scouting for a little over a decade and we participated in many secular events. Secular doesn't mean atheist, it means not specifically religious. This is like saying they can't volunteer at the food bank because it's a secular organization.

Not being a theocracy or even having an official religion, our country itself is secular.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I say take part in any parade you want to. Christmas? Sure. Kwanzaa? You bet. Chanukah? Will there be knishes?