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Protect the view that our country was founded on, the view held by most Americans and, really, every moral person: the views of Christianity. If promoting one religion is unavoidable, let's at least promote the right one. Let's do it now.
So does T. Jefferson having sex and children with his slaves...or B. Franklin chasing women all over the world and taking opium.....do those types of things reflect Christian views?
How about slavery? That was a really big one for all the Founders South of the Mason Dixon line?
I'm just wondering exactly what part of the Founders one would accept - and which they would call immoral??
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Yes, burdell, your age is showing; as is mine. All Fridays were meat free, not only during Lent. Do you recall fasting after midnight as necessary before communion? Women had to cover their heads whenever stepping into a church. Women forbidden to step foot in the altar area, except to clean it. Masses always in Latin.
I remember the bolded but not the part of women forbidden to step foot in the altar area. What gets me now is apparently you can eat a cow on Friday and still be in the church's good graces. Small wonder I now consider myself a recovering Catholic.
1) IT IS NOT being forced on anyone. It's simple: Don't believe in abortion? DON'T have one! BTW, NICE job of conveniently ignoring we ALL also deal with the fallout and consequences of unwanted children being brought into the world.
2) WHAT makes you believe your judgement of morality should be everyone's standard?
3) By your (il)logic, since the law allows alcohol & tobacco, is everyone having alcohol &N tobacco forced on them?
Of course immorality and bad law affect the entire community, even if only some participate. I gave the example of the HIV epidemic in America.
constitutional amendment that says "No law shall violate Christian teaching"
Absurd.
Soon afterward we would have amendments that said "No law shall violate Buddhist teaching", "No law shall violate Aboriginal American traditional religious teaching", and then "No law shall violate Muslim teaching".
We must not establish any sort of precedent along these lines, ever. It is foolhardy to even contemplate.
No, the Christian religion should have precedence, since it is impossible for the law not to conflict with some religion. If you have to pick one, pick the best and most popular one.
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