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djinn
at Wed Nov 3 14:40:58 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by djinn ]
Not being able to buy alcohol on Sundays..
Religious institutions are exempt from both income and property taxes. They don't have to file a 990 form that shows their income and expenses, so are unaccountable for how they use money they receive.
If you think your sex life and reproductive decisions are your business, check the statutes. All states apply unjustifiable restrictions on consensual sex, sex education, contraception and abortion.
Marriage is defined in American law as under the control of religious institutions. Therefore, same-sex marriages are out (though increasingly permitted in some states).
Stem cell research still faces irrational restrictions because of religious beliefs that an embryo is a real human being, and that destroying these nearly invisible specks is murder.
Many public schools or individual teachers downplay teaching evolution in science classes because of pressure from fundamentalists who believe the Bible is a divinely inspired science textbook.
It goes on and on, ad nauseam...
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Jason Dowell 
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RE: Instead we'll have "faith based" laws... - djinn, Wed Nov 3 14:40:58 2010