Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 9:49:45 PM, you wrote: JvD> Why? If this legislation is based on the (perceived) cruelty and not on JvD> the religious side why would it be struck down? I don't think the JvD> Mormons ever got the "no polygamy" laws struck down, did they? Yet it JvD> can be argued that that law prohibits them from leading the life their JvD> religion tells them to lead.
The law is obviously religion based, or worse, it's placing the cows right to a peaceful death (hah!) in front of a citizen of Holland's "pursuit of happiness" and "free exercise of religion". Holland's citizen's may not have these specific rights (I don't know), but Americans do. JvD> Let me start with one of todays headlines in a Dutch newspaper JvD> (translated): "Arabs in US complain about discrimination" JvD> http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/buitenland/1023253184684.html JvD> All our opinions are shaped by the information we receive every day. If JvD> your sources of information happen to be biased in some way or another, JvD> you will be influenced by that. That is just a fact of life, discussion JvD> of which IMHO is hardly worth the effort (but by all means feel free). Yes, and it's illegal, and many lawsuits will be won in the coming years by Arab-Americans and Arab non-Americans. How many lawsuits will be won in Holland I wonder? --- jon ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
