[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by AGDee
You can pray anywhere you want to. You can't make anybody else pray. I pray all the time.. at work, in my car, before each meal, at school before I go to my son's parent-teacher conference... everywhere! However, if I am not just as willing to have a school say a Muslim prayer, a Wiccan prayer, etc, with my children, then I'm not willing to have them say a Christian prayer collectively. If I'm not willing to have Allah on our currency, or in our pledge of allegiance, or have other people's Gods in those places, then I don't think we should push our God on others either. If I'm going to believe that other countries, who have laws based on their religion, which repress women's rights, are wrong and restricting people's freedom, then I have to follow the same philosophy when it comes to our own country.. that there needs to be justification for laws OTHER than religion. For most laws, this is true.

I am of the philosophy that laws should be in place to protect people's rights, not restrict them. If a behavior doesn't harm others or infringe or their civil rights, then it shouldn't be illegal. (so yes, I think Prostitution should be legal, private drug use should be legal, etc.)

Dee

That's some healthy Libertarian thinking ya got there!!!