The one difference is that the chapels are not for a specific denomination but does represent pretty much all of Christianity.

 

But the religious liberty is for any faith: Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, et al.

I don't know what this device looks like but I hope it is clearly labeled.

But the religious liberty is for any faith: Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, et al.

 

Do not the chapels have images of Christ in them?

Do not the chapels have images of Christ in them?

 

Some do, some do not. Some have images of Christ and others.

 

Some of our government buildings have Confuscious, Greek Mythological characters, etc.

Don't know if you feel this helps or not in the discussion but here is a link to a good article by Jon Meacham who is an Episcopalian and author of historical works.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/opinion/07meacham.html?em&ex=1191988800&en=14109fa6c7f73277&ei=5087

 

 

One good quote about the understanding of Religious Liberty by Founding Fathers was from Thomas Jefferson:

 

Thomas Jefferson said that his bill for religious liberty in Virginia was “meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan, the Hindu, and infidel of every denomination.”

 

and later:

 

Andrew Jackson resisted bids in the 1820s to form a “Christian party in politics.” Abraham Lincoln buried a proposed “Christian amendment” to the Constitution to declare the nation’s fealty to Jesus. Theodore Roosevelt defended William Howard Taft, a Unitarian, from religious attacks by supporters of William Jennings Bryan.

 

The founders were not anti-religion. Many of them were faithful in their personal lives, and in their public language they evoked God. They grounded the founding principle of the nation — that all men are created equal — in the divine. But they wanted faith to be one thread in the country’s tapestry, not the whole tapestry.

I have noticed a lot of "their" religion and "them" being used.

 

I hate to bring this up but the Constitution guarnatees religious liberty. That's all religions, not the ones "we say."

 

Now is this going overboard for one versus another, that's an open debate.

 

Please understand though that there is no "us" and "them" in this country concerning religion. ALL religions are free to practice in these boundaries. That is based not on what Saudi's or others do, but what Americans said in the beginning was of most value and importance to us.

 

Indeed, let them practice their religion without us providing the "chapel" so to speak! I don't want my tax dollars funding their radical agenda!

I don't want my tax dollars funding any religion's agenda be it prayer basins or chapels or anything else.

I don't know what this device looks like but I hope it is clearly labeled.

I have an idea that it will be used by more than just Muslims,whether clearly labeled or not?:eek:

Why are we upset with the Muslims? Seems like misplaced blame to me.

One of the things that I don't believe that has been mentioned but I either heard or read somewhere (who knows maybe I am subconsciously making it up and thinking I read or heard it) was that this is addressing a health issue, too.

 

My understanding was that Muslims WERE/ARE going to wash their feet before praying. Presently, they are washing their feet in the sinks. And to get away from people washing their feet in the sinks, they simply added the foot basins. So, the question for the airports are "do you want them washing their feet in the sinks or do you want to put in the wash basins?"

 

The way my mind deviously works, I am thinking a Christian Church needs to contract with the airport that is putting up the foot basins and buy out the advertisment over the wash foot basins (think advertisements over the urinals) telling the users about the love and sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for them.:sssh::jump:

One of the things that I don't believe that has been mentioned but I either heard or read somewhere (who knows maybe I am subconsciously making it up and thinking I read or heard it) was that this is addressing a health issue, too.

 

My understanding was that Muslims WERE/ARE going to wash their feet before praying. Presently, they are washing their feet in the sinks. And to get away from people washing their feet in the sinks, they simply added the foot basins. So, the question for the airports are "do you want them washing their feet in the sinks or do you want to put in the wash basins?"

 

The way my mind deviously works, I am thinking a Christian Church needs to contract with the airport that is putting up the foot basins and buy out the advertisment over the wash foot basins (think advertisements over the urinals) telling the users about the love and sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for them.:sssh::jump:

 

 

Or Christians could just volunteer to serve the basin areas and take a towel and wipe their feet when they are through as a testimony to the actions of Christ.

 

I'm really kind of being serious here. :thumb:

so their religion calls for them to pray 5 times a day? Does it also call for them to wash their feet before each prayer, or just before their first prayer for the day? If it is the latter, then can't they do their foot washing at home before they begin their day and their first prayer?

This is a serious question. I admit I am naive about their religion.

This is allowed but If I was to try and lead a prayer before boarding the plane the aclu or the airport would have me thrown out for inciting a riot or something. :mad: