> -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Summer Camps > > Someone else asked if I had a specific law in mind... no, just > exploring > the thought process. For example, if there were a theoretical religion > that required the sacrifice of a cat every third Thursday to honor the > gods, should they be exempt from animal cruelty laws?
For what it's worth: there are definitely religions in the US that still use animal sacrifice, and yes, they are protected under Constitutional law. As long as the sacrifice is done ritualistically, without malice and is not cruel for cruelties sake then it's generally fine. Many, if not most, states have exemptions from child abuse laws for religious reasons. For example over the past dozen or so years there have been 150 preventable child deaths due to failure to obtain medical treatment in favor of faith healing. To my knowledge although there have been many attempts no convictions on abuse or negligence charges have ever been made. > I guess my point is that it's all subjective no matter which side of > the > argument you come from, and there are no absolute truths (unless you > say > that the this statement IS an absolute truth, in which case we're in a > paradox and I'm actually a descendant of that creature that washed up > on a beach not long ago). You mean the raccoon? ;^) (Just a peeve of mine... mysteries get huge amounts of press, but the solutions barely ever a mention.) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:265368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
