Correct me if I am wrong, but did you not indicate that you perceived Christians as wanting to impose their beliefs on the general population? Which is obviously not true since Christians obviously tolerate other religions.. but did you not indicate your perception that this was not so? And that it should not be so either?
So now, you appear to be be indicating that you would like to also restrict the practices of other religions which you disagree with.
I do not wish to use the legal system to restrict any practice of any religion unless that practice violates the freedoms of another person involuntarily.
How does this statement:
Just because I am against subjecting the US citizenry to the involuntary enforcement of Extremist Christian religious moral doctrine, does not mean I am in favor of the involuntary enforcement of any other religious moral doctrine.
coexist with the idea of freedom for the people of other religions whose beliefs your ideas are in direct conflict with?
Is it not you who is is attempting to impose your beliefs, religious or otherwise, on others?
No. No one has to believe as I do. I just don't want them to enact laws that force me to act the way they want me to.
Let me give you an example. The Defense Of Marriage Act was a law that passed in Congress to directly allow states to not recognize same-sex marriages performed in another state. This is in direct violation of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution and was passed because of the incessant lobbying of Fundamentalist Christian groups. Then the administration issued an order to the judiciary that lawsuits questioning the Constitutionality of DOMA were not to be tried by the Supreme Court. That was a direct imposition of a religious code to restrict the freedom of a portion of the US population who's actions were not violating any other person's freedoms.
Doesn't look like tolerance to me.
So my question still remains...if they have no problem enacting laws that impose their religious code upon one group of people (homosexuals) why do they have a problem enacting laws to impose their religious code upon another group of people (Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim)?
