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ieoeja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 03:33 PM
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84. "the big majority of them anyway"

That big majority can impose a religious framework on the minority. And that would be horribly wrong. Just as it would be horribly wrong to deny them the right to practice their religion amongst themselves.

There are large Amish communities in the United States that hold to practices that would be intolerable to most Americans. But we let them do it anyway. Because they are not forcing their religious tenants on anyone.

An entire state, Utah, works largely off Mormon practices. And we let them do it. Because they are not forcing their religious tenants on anyone.


Christian Dominionists want to base American law on the Old and New testaments. And we do *not* let them do that. Because they would be forcing their relgioius tenants on everyone. That is the American equivalent of this. And it is thankfully unconstitutional.

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