On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Justin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about the other way around, when the secular public passes a law > that prohibits a specific religious practice? I'm not disagreeing with > you, just probing the logic. Depends on the religious practice. If the practice: 1) Infringes on the rights of others or 2) Is against the law Then I'm OK with it being banned. I think certain exceptions can and should be made for religious practices that may break the law, but who's intent and execution is not harmful. Giving a sip of wine to second graders for some christian services, for instance. A law cannot and should not be passed that bans the free expression of religion, however. For instance, I believe that students should have the right to optionally and freely assemble for a prayer in a public school. The meeting must be optional, cannot be school led or held at a function where attendance is for another event (an athletic event, etc.). You have the right not to be forced into religious practice, but you do not have the right to be shielded from religion. If you walk past a prayer service in the school gymnasium, and you are offended, you need to relax....your rights have not been violated. -- The passion that sparked me one terrible night And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
