Recognizing the holy month of Ramadan was simple to do and didn’t cost the taxpayers anything. Even though the United States is a sovereign state, all Americans are also world citizens. Isn’t it time to think globally and act with compassion and respect for all people’s rituals and faith traditions planetwide?
Scientologists follow a common sense moral code, which includes respecting the religious beliefs of others. L. Ron Hubbard wrote, “If all the brightest minds since the 5th Century B.C. or before have never been able to agree on the subject of religion or anti-religion, it is an arena of combat between people that one would do well to stay out of. In this sea of contention, one bright principle has emerged: the right to believe as one chooses.
“‘Faith’ and ‘belief’ do not necessarily surrender to logic; they cannot even be declared to be illogical. They can be things quite apart. Any advice one might give another on this subject is safest when it simply asserts the right to believe as one chooses. One is at liberty to hold up his own beliefs for acceptance. One is at risk when he seeks to assault the beliefs of others, much more so when he attacks and seeks to harm others because of their religious convictions.”
