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What is Ceremonial Deism? |
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Written by Kevin
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Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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According to Wikipedia:
Ceremonial deism is a legal term used in the United States for nominally religious statements and practices deemed to be merely ritual and non-religious through long customary usage. Proposed examples of ceremonial deism include the reference to God introduced into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, and the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency.
The term was coined in 1962 by the then-dean of Yale Law School, Eugene Rostow, and has been used since 1963 by the Supreme Court of the United States to assess exemptions from the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
According to us, Ceremonial Deism means you enjoy singing Carols at Christmas, you have an angel on top of your Christmas tree, it doesn't bother you that it says In God We Trust on your money and you think the whole religion thing is harmless fun.
Ceremonial Deism connects us to two thousand years of tradition and is a great excuse for a party.
What's not to like?
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 December 2007 )
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