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I sure would like some kind of explanation for that. If you mean that churches have a right to be represented in the law, then I will agree with you.
Well this is a given!
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But if you mean that religions have a right to force their moralities into the law then I must respectfully disagree!
No this is not what I meant. In fact this is what I infered led to the second course.
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I can't bring myself to trust the morality of any group of people who proclaim their moral basis comes from an invisible being or an ancient collection of fireside stories.
Perhaps a better way to explain it is that without the codification of some religion way too many people would be little more than spoiled brats, well brats at least. People that are moral from their own compass are way to far and few between. Many of those "fireside stories" are expressions of humanities collective wisdom.