Christian Privilege...

[michan17]

Dani told me to post something - so she'd have something to read - and I never got to say what *I* thought about the Christian privilege shit storm without censoring myself (because I'm all senior staff-y, and thus attempt to be tactful and non-offensive at all times).

So, for those on my F-List not in the know, here's what happened:
Jamal posted a

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[spirit0fstlouis]

But in a country supposedly built on the concept of "Separation of Church and State", this level of favoritism shouldn't exist.

I don't think there's any such thing as a separation of church and state, at least not in the U.S. It's a nice idea, but it's bullshit. We're a little better in Canada, but not by a whole lot. What I do know, is that I couldn't tell you what religion any of our leading politicians are, because it's not discussed. I couldn't tell you what religion our PM is - I'm assuming some Christian denomination, but I don't know. Because Canadians don't care.

The fact that religion has such a strong foothold in American politics terrifies the fuck out of me, quite frankly. It shouldn't matter who, how, or even if a political leader worships. It's irrelevant. Or at least, it should be

[michan17]

Oh, I know we don't a good separation of church and state - but, theoretically, we're supposed to. But, you know, in theory communism works - theories don't always pan out.

Some parts of Christian privilege likely will never change, and I'm okay with that to some extent. I know that public schools will never have every religion's major holidays off - they can't afford to take off that much school, so they need to figure out what affects the least number of people. I get it.

But that's not the case with all these problems.

There are city-wide festivals for religious minorities in the US, too. But I wouldn't argue that that means Christian privilege is any less. Are they less oppressed in Canada? Maybe. I don't know, I don't live there - although I would argue that they have tacitly approved of religious persecution in times past. But on a governmental level I would argue that Canada, and Europe, have as much Christian privilege as the US does.

[risty77]

But Sunday afternoon is football time!! Screw you, Jesus, I want to see my Giants

[michan17]

*nods* You're right. I feel like Christian privilege has become an inherent part of how we organize ourselves - that's why it will likely never change. I mean...that's a shit-ton of work.

For serious.

And it's because your city is win.