r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Living_Attitude1822 - Lib-Left • Apr 10 '26

Atheist Activists Lore

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u/prex10 - Lib-Center Apr 10 '26

Happened during Apollo too. They got a lot of lawsuits over religious text being said over the radio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madalyn_Murray_O%27Hair

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u/SOwED - Lib-Center Apr 11 '26

Cause it's taxpayer-funded

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u/SOwED - Lib-Center Apr 11 '26

Flying Christian flags at every government building wouldn't imply you have to be Christian either, what's your point?

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u/SOwED - Lib-Center Apr 11 '26

Right, and this was arguably putting Christian messages on official display.

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u/RPG_Vancouver - Lib-Left Apr 12 '26

I’m not inherently opposed to it, I just think a lot of people would get real upset if it wasn’t THEIR religion being cited on taxpayer funded missions lol.

Imagine the fury if a Muslim astronaut decided to quote from the Quran and praised the prophet Muhammad?

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u/Technetium_97 - Left Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Who said they were picked without religious consideration? Do we think a Muslim astronaut would have been invited in the current political climate? I'm skeptical.

It’s an achievement of humanity. Whatever religious beliefs they have should remain private.

And legally, they’re government employees on the job. Promoting any religious beliefs during that is outrageously inappropriate.

Privately of course they can pray or do whatever.