On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:58 AM, G wrote: >> OK, we can pretend that religion is not at the heart of such decisions.... > > > Whether religious belief is at the heart of such decision is irrelevant. The > First Amendment says this about religion: > > "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or > prohibiting the free exercise thereof" > > Nowhere does it say that Congress is prevented from basing decision on > religiously-based morals.
This statement seems to only make sense if you take the sense out of religion. In other words, I think it's pretty clear that decisions cannot be based on religious morals (/which/ religion?, as G sorta mentions). The decision has to make sense from a non-religious standpoint, and that's all that matters. If it happens to jive with X religion, good for that religion, but it doesn't work the other way around. IMO. =] -- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. Aristotle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
