You have my support, Ray. When my well-meaning but constitutionally illiterate church friends start citing bible verses as reasons various behavior should be illegal (usually involving what men should and should not do with each other) I remind them that we can't force nonbelievers to adhere to a law written specifically for followers of our God. If they want behavior that is prohibited in our bible to be legally forbidden throughout the country, they can write a bill and see if it gets enough support in Congress. And good luck with that...Ray wrote:With one caveat - I cannot have others' belief systems applied to me, and think that many would do the same.
I also remind them that if they want schools to be teaching prayer and biblical beliefs, there are any number of wacky beliefs, even among those professing to be Christians, that they probably do not want their children learning from random strangers in a government-run school system. You want prayer back in schools? OK, first up is the teacher from a Zoroastrian background, then the Wiccan, then...