On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I agree. Now lets enforce that. > 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? Smoke 'em if you got 'em. :) > 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. Don't have or not reported? A rhetorical question that can not be answered easily. > There must be mutual respect, and if there isn't then the state has a > right to protect society according to its laws. Respect is a two way street. If we're teaching that a religion is one of peace then the members of that religion should not be taught that they should be ruling us, no? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:257730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
