You know, it's interesting. There are instances where the laws have bent to accommodate religious services.
The big one that comes to mind is the Eucharistic ceremony for Christians. Christian children start participating in the Eucharistic ceremony when they are in about 2nd grade. At that point, if they want a little wine during church, all they gotta do is hold out their hands... Giving alcohol, in any capacity, to a minor, is otherwise against the law. Now I think we can all agree that the practice is not harmful and it is reasonable for the law to bend in this instance. But now that the can of worms is open, who gets to decide what is reasonable and what is not? How much bending should the law do to accommodate increasingly extreme religious rites? On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've already done so. Biblically you're allowed multiple wives. This > practice has been prohibited to conform to the social norms of Europe and > later America. At the moment I can't think of any Jewish laws that would > conflict with social laws. Just about all of our laws are > personal/communal > ones with just about no impact on society. The only conflicts that have > come > up in the past are ritual slaughtering and circumcision. Time and again > it's > been shown that ritual slaughtering is more humane than the standard bolt > to > the head. The practice is also proof against such things as mad cow > disease. > Circumcision is a social norm in most places so the only conflict is when > people try to ban it, but that's not just a Jewish issue. > Bottom line is that we don't have that big a social footprint that has to > be > modified, and me being available to the lists on a Saturday is not a law. > :) > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:36 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I agree. Now lets enforce that. > > > > So, Michael, just out of curiosity, what practice of your own religion > > would you be willing to give up for the sake of conforming to this > > (American) society's laws? > > > > And would you do so quietly? > > > > > > > > -- > > will > > > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > > and that would just be unacceptable." > > - Carrie Fisher > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
