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Religion

earthside

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2. The more secular our society becomes, the better.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Jan 2, 2016, 12:22 PM

Jan 2016

Practice your religion at your place of worship; your home; on your own time.

Keep your religion out of the government; the schools; public businesses; my space and time.

The reasoning the Denver Post uses about "... "free exercise" clause that guarantees religious liberty" only confirms the rationale for Hobby Lobby and those bigoted bakeries out there to use religion to discriminate.

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Religious liberty and the Cargill meatpacking plant [View all] rug Jan 2016 OP

This could get tricky when other religious groups start making requests... Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #1

Amen! NastyRiffraff Jan 2016 #4

The more secular our society becomes, the better. earthside Jan 2016 #2

Faith is a distinctively personal experience TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 #3

I have never understood "conditional validity" theologies. n/t TygrBright Jan 2016 #5

The first amendment guarantees whitefordmd Jan 2016 #6

It also requires reasonable accommodation where possible. rug Jan 2016 #7

Everything I've read about the story indicates reasonable accommodations were made.. whitefordmd Jan 2016 #8

If the plant did, they're in the clear. If they didn't, they have a problem. rug Jan 2016 #9

here's my take on it whitefordmd Jan 2016 #10

Wildcats are time-honored and often the only tool available, provided they're done right. rug Jan 2016 #11