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Unless they're engaged in things like blatant animal abuse or forcing theor beliefs on someone who doesn't want to particpate, what people do in the name of their religion is their own business. However, the taxpayer has every right not to support it because of some purported "common good".
Similar logic needs to apply to sexuality. What two or more adults do behind closed doors is no one's business but their own. But same-sex "marriage' is another matter, since it legitimizes a union which seldom shoulders the responsibilities and burdens of parenthood, and represents an attempt to harness the power of the state to underwrite a personal lifestyle choice.
I have no problem with private-sector employers recognizing civil unions -- gay or straight. But by the same rationale, I'd be very wary of working for any employer who discriminated against the unmarried with regard to hiring or advancement.
Don't ask me how this policy could be enforced -- Like Prohibition, it would merely open a can of worms.
Only the Muslims. When radical Jews and Christians commit terrorist attacks and mass murder in the name of their religion then I'd agree. Until then, only Muslims.
I don't think the OP is the type of person who would want them banned. He's just trying to judge public opinion, and he has a point. 10% of voters want them banned.
religion is insane... being insane isn't illegal.. it's what insane people can do sometimes that is illegal... so I think things are already covered... non issue
Is your comment made just to open up a can of worms? I don' think anyone was asking whether religion is insane and I don't think anyone of us can judge that. Your views are based on just that, opinion.
Why even consider banning them. This country we call so free should not get into the practice of letting any one ban anyone. Once that starts, who is next on that chopping block, to what extent does the ban go? Are your ready to release information on yourself to the government to check on? This would bring back McCarthyism with people being persecuted because a neighbor said so and so is an Orthodox Jew, Muslim or a native islander believing in their own way. Next would be to shove what ever religion is dominant down their throats till they choke or submit. Freedom of and from religion. We have the right to believe in what we desire and to not believe if we feel that way. It seems as if christians are so concerned about losing their masses that they want to force all to be like them, to believe the same god, the same book the same rules laid down by that book. That is tyranny of the majority rulers, not equality. If the next administration enacts bans on gays, religion or on birth control, they will start a revolution on a grand scale. I thought we were the Land of the Free, not the land of the opressed.
You have a right to not be religious, but I object to the idea of freedom from religion. It seems that the people who claim that right always do so at the expense of others' freedom to practice religion. These are the people always trying to ban prayer at graduation ceremonies, football games, etc. Why is it when one group wants to pray, the other group can't just ignore it and move on? I'm not a religious person, but I have no problem with others praying. Them praying does not make me feel "marginalized." I just bow my head (or not) and don't say anything. Pretty simple.
I'll bring it up before the next non-service when I go to non-church. Perhaps the non-priest will mention it as he pointedly doesn't hold his non-sermon, as tradition dictates as part of our non-sacred non-ritual - that way, the entire nongregation will be sure to hear it. Or not, I am not counting the negatives.
Or perhaps some day, people will figure out how this "atheism" thing works.
You can laugh, but there are atheist groups who act like a religion. These are the people constantly suing to have any mention of religion banned from schools, government buildings, courthouses, etc. I don't have a problem with banning school prayer, but to have old buildings remove statues or very old bibles, or ban prayers at graduation ceremonies and events is a little over the top in my opinion. Just ignore it.
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