2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumChurch to State: GET OFF MY LAWN
I think a pretty gosh darn good take on so-called 'religious freedom' vs a pluralistic America by Robert Shrum-
http://news.yahoo.com/church-state-off-lawn-180000948--politics.html
"But the Arizona bill represented something morethe continuation of an overreaching campaign waged in the name of religious freedom that has profound implications for the future and fate of a pluralistic America. As E.J. Dionne observed in Commonweal, the promiscuous resort to conscience objections threatens the ongoing effort to balance robust protections for faith groups on the one hand with the need for laws of general application on the other.
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"Or should a fundamentalist hotelkeeper be able to refuse a room to an unmarried couple? And what if the couple is mixed-race? A conscience exemption could offer cover for the oldest and most odious form of discrimination in America."
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"Otherwise, we run the risk described by John F. Kennedy in 1960 as he was speaking for both freedom of religion and freedom from the imposition of religious dogma in the public sphere. Referring to the religious hostility aroused by his campaign, he said: Today I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be youuntil the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped apart
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"Religious freedom is not in peril in this country today; the specter that can imperil our future is a misuse of religion that could menace our freedom."
merrily
(45,251 posts)HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)greymattermom
(5,751 posts)How would you ever know. Some folks change their names, some don't. Some folks get married, change their names, get divorced, and now are unmarried with the same last name. Will everyone be required to carry proof of marital status? What would that be?
pangaia
(24,324 posts)senior citizens...like ME?
Or ..vegetarians?