No, that's the issue. If someone comes into a different society then regardless of what their own religious beliefs are they should be bound to follow the laws of that Society.
There are not as many laws as there are different religions, otherwise I could start a religion tomorrow that allows a lot of things that are illegal couldn't I? There are models to follow, and I can perhaps use Trinidad as an example. There is a strong muslim population here and we don't have issues of wife killing etc. or any of the more radical things you read about. We haven't altered our laws to allow for any of these extreme acts either. There must be mutual respect, and if there isn't then the state has a right to protect society according to its laws. On 01/04/2008, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So when a German court allows a husband to beat his wife because its part of > his religion, he should be stopped because its not the local norms. If a man > has multiple wives he should be stopped as that is not conforming to the > local norms. If we should respect them, whoever them might be, then they > should respect us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
