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Originally posted by AlphaXi4983
yes, the founding fathers may have chosen to leave religion out of the founding of the US, but all western law is based on religion, parimarily judeo-christian religions. the western idea of "right" and "wrong" is based on religon. trace it back to its furtherst roots and you will find that more often than not that western law is based on religious morality.
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How 'furtherest' back do we need to go? Hammurabi? That wasn't exactly judeo-christian as I would picture it.
Rome? Again, don't let 'roman catholic' fool you - for MANY years it was not at all a Christian society.
Another mistake here is considering the day-to-day laws of a nation versus its founding principles. The Separation of Church and State as we know it is a completely secular founding principle - it has nothing to do with municipalities that choose to make liquor sales illegal on sundays, etc, and so I don't see the relevance of the argument to this discussion.
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