Actually in many states it's only illegal for those under 21 to purchase alcohol, and drink without parental consent. Many don't have a problem so long as there is parental consent.
G Money wrote: > 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:257754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
