Originally Posted by Botnst

Definitely stirring madly and adding spices.

I'm curious what role intent plays in the prohibition against religious observances in public spaces.

For example, if I go to Texas and, over the public address system, invoke the deity du jour's benevolent intervention in the coming fracas, I will surely be invited to desist.

But what if I am a flat-out non-believer amongst a pack on non-believers and we conduct what looks like a religious tour de force with smells, bells, and funny hats? But we just do this for fun, like Civil War reinactors. I mean, nobody thinks they're real soldiers blasting away at each other.

Bot