[MR] Policy on Religion

[EoganOg at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/7/01 6:38:52 PM !!!First Boot!!!, betty_eyer at yahoo.com 
writes:


> I agree that a play is not a ceremony.  But if you
> give a play with religious content as entertainment at
> a feast, then you are opening yourself up to a bunch
> of flak, whether it is OK under corpora or not.  And
> to me, giving it at feast is a gray area because folk
> who were uncomfortable would have to choose between
> enjoying food and companionship and escaping what they
> perceived as religious oppression.  Same issue with
> efore/after/during court.
> 

So what about the opposite, where religion is being made light of?  I 
attended a feast a few years back where each remove was "in honor" of a 
saint.  However, it was done very distastefully.  St. Lawrence, for instance, 
who was matryred on a spit over an open flame, was represented with barbeque. 
 Each remove was like this, with others being more distatseful.  St. Agatha's 
remove was chicken breasts--and if you don't know why this is distastefull, 
read:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta04.htm

Anyway, I am not a muslim, but if someone at feast were to perform some kind 
of muslim entertainment with islamic overtones, I would not be offended.   I 
am not Jewish, but if someone wanted to peroform a Jewish song with religious 
overtones at feast, I would not be bothered.  But this particular 
"non-religious" feast was very bothersome. I would rather see period 
religions portrayed in realistic and faithful manners at events any day over 
having them made fun of or used as a the butt of a bad joke.  Maybe it can't 
get the SCA, Inc, into as much legal trouble should someone decide to get 
perschnicketty and cause a ruckus.  But it is very much more offensive to a 
greater number of people, in my opinion.

Aye,
Eogan

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