Church should not have sway over individual rights. Some churches do not permit blood transfusions. Should people die as a result?
Where health is concerned, what a church wants or does not want is immaterial. The person's health concerns take precedence. But discussing that may be another thread. Don't remember seeing you on the list before...Hi! *waves* :-) On 5 March 2012 16:22, j...@garzasixpack.com <j...@garzasixpack.com> wrote: > > No. That's not what this debate is about. The debate is about whether or > not the government can force a religious institution to do things that are > against the moral tenets of the religion. In other words, is the first > amendment worth the parchment its written on? This administration doesn't > think it is. > > You are correct that thus debate has been taken over by politics. Like the > democrats holding a congressional hearing that to allow people like this > student to bring up points that have nothing to do with the original issue > of church vs state. > > Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm