The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81107   Message #1484087
Posted By: Rapparee
13-May-05 - 09:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: The First Amendment verbatim.
Subject: RE: BS: The First Amendment ver batim.
Ah, but they claim that they only want the "free exercise thereof." And that's were the problem lies -- is my "free exercise" an attempt to "establish" or not?

And what about the church of Santeria? They believe in animal sacrifice. This is considered cruelty to animals by many, yet it is integral to the church's beliefs. Or the use of peyote in certain religions of the American Southwest? -- peyote use is considered drug abuse by the Feds.

If putting the Ten Commandments in a courthouse is "establishment," then is putting Hammurabi's Code in the Supreme Court not also "establishment" or at least advocacy of a religion?

Could jailing an Islamic teacher be considered religious persecution -- denying "free exercise" to someone who advocates the destruction of the people who, over eight hundred years or more, have continuously advocated the destruction his religion in the name of theirs?