On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:35 PM, denstar wrote: > > I think that "because the [inset religious text or dogma here] tells > us so" is a lame reason to support a law, basically. Even if everyone > agrees, and no one challenges the Constitutionality. >
Dogma is different than morality. Again, I'd say that if the only backing you have for a law is > religious belief, it is indeed un-constitutional. However unpopular > that idea may be. > But we're not talking about religious belief, we're talking about moral frameworks based on religious belief. Take murder on the one hand and adultery on the other. Both are considered sins in the context of the Christian moral framework, but there is broad agreement in modern society about murder as morally wrong, while there is a divide about adultery. I disagree that it's to be respected because some people consider it > moral. Morals really are an interesting concept, you know? > > Something about legislating morality goes... [here]. It's just plain > evil and a waste of our tax dollars. > The idea of "legislating morality" really only comes into play in areas where we disagree about what is morally right and wrong. Look at adultery, drug use, or the end all be all of moral divides- abortion. My theory is that if there is a broad divide about what is right or wrong, we must protect the rights of the minority in their beliefs. The details get very murky because individual rights clash with the rights of others, and someone has to draw the lines somewhere that everyone can more or less agree on, but the basic idea is that the minority has rights that should not be ignored. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:282059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
