[MR] Policy on Religion

[Robert Busek]

Ina similar vein, last year Stierbach held a competition to determine who the patron saint of Stierbach was.  Now, this assumes a Christian context, of course, but the competition was open to everyone regardless of personal beliefs.  Does this constitute a breach of the SCA's policy?  I don't think so.

Take another example: the newly-minted Order of St Aiden.  Does this title go against the SCA's policy simply because the name of a Catholic saint is involved?  Probably not.

Pro Deo et Atlantia,
Robert of Canterbury

-----Original Message-----
From:    EoganOg at aol.com
Sent:    Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:30:52 EDT
To:      atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] Policy on Religion


In a message dated 6/5/01 10:12:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lnktheriot at home.com writes:


> Now, if the A&S competition REQUIRED religious content in a 
> category, that would be a problem, especially if they specified the 
> religion.
> 

I would even wonder about that.  Let's say it's a themed event, set in 
Byzantium.  One of the A&S categories might be icons.  This category would 
have a religious nature, but it is fitting to the theme of the event, and no 
one says you must actually be Eastern Orthodox to enter the competition or to 
judge it.  And no one says you have to use the icons as prayer tools--just 
paint them and display.  I don't think such a competition would be in 
violation of corpora.
Aye,
Eogan



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