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Generally the courts in their wisdom have decided its not the States interest to be pontificating on which religious beliefs are valid and sanctioned and which
by dukeofdoom 5y ago
Generally the courts in their wisdom have decided its not the States interest to be pontificating on which religious beliefs are valid and sanctioned and which are not. That would be putting the cart before the horse. If the State gets to decide, then you might as well throw out all religious beliefs. The state is the Church.
Hence the standard that the belief just needs to be deeply held.
I know that the knee jerk reaction is to give government more power. But you know, in America the power is with the people still.
If the State and corporations gets to decide what you put in your body, and what God you get to believe in, then the foundational promise of America is dead.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoI have my own opinions about the wisdom of the courts. There are plenty of countries where religious beliefs are given far less leeway to interfere with secular contracts and associations, and many of those countries are still fine places to live. IMO, that's the proper place for religion, but there would have to be much abuse before we countenanced going in that direction in the US.
- kortilla 5y ago> secular contracts and associations, and many of those countries are still fine places to live. Sure, that’s a great answer for people who aren’t religious or whose religious practices happen to line up well with secular “contracts and associations”. Not good for devout people though.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoHard to design a policy that is beneficial to all possible folks affected by that policy, especially when the interests of some stakeholders are in conflict.