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cleanhippie

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6. They do only when those beliefs are held up as some standard or reason for an occourance.
Tue May 1, 2012, 01:37 PM
May 2012

I doubt you will find many, including me, who really care what an individual believes personally, but only when those beliefs are held out there by the believer as a standard for public policy or reason for doing (or not doing) something that affects people OTHER than the believer.

Saying that religion is the reason or motivation behind the civil rights movement, or a force for bringing unity to Occupy, or is the basis for women's health decisions, demands that those beliefs be put under the strongest scrutiny. No?

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