{"id":1549,"date":"2013-05-13T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2013-05-13T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T16:23:19","slug":"oklahoma-americans-united-spring-dialogues-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/2013\/05\/13\/oklahoma-americans-united-spring-dialogues-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Americans United Spring Dialogues 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Raindrop<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Oklahoma City Chapter<\/a> of Americans United for Separation of Church and State<\/a> put together an interfaith discussion covering various aspects of secularism, taking a broad\u00a0global and historical view. The speaker’s panel included the Rev. Dr.\u00a0William Tabbernee<\/a>,\u00a0Professor\u00a0Bilal Erturk<\/a>, church\/state and gay rights activist James Nimmo, and Odd Oklahoman<\/a> Clayton Flesher, who serves at the Education Chair for the Oklahoma Atheists<\/a>. The panel was moderated by Chas Stewart<\/a>, who runs the Oklahoma Atheists Blog<\/a>\u00a0and co-produces the Oklahoma Atheists Godcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Never before have I witnessed a roomful of Muslims, Atheists, and Christians (in roughly equal proportions) dining together and discussing the role of religion in public life, and there is a strong probability that I’ll never see it happen again. Prior to the delightful Turkish fare and mingling about, there was a fairly academic discussion which was caught on film:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JyoZxMX0mBA<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dZXirmp-XpM<\/p>\n

Discussion ranged from the religious ethics of the death penalty, to the Rawlsian veil of ignorance, to differences between heavy-handed la\u00efcit\u00e9 and a more benignly neutral form of secularism, to the role of government in recognizing and solemnizing marriages. The Red Dirt Report has already reported on the event<\/a>, and Clayton will be writing up a whole series<\/a> on it as well. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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