Religous rights vs. civil rights.

Religous rights vs. civil rights.

Posted by Anok •

Now, we've lal been debating the controversial gay marriage stuff - but that's not exactly what this post is about. There are a multitude of civil rights hat may clash with religious beliefs, and the right to practice said beliefs.

At what point is the line of "rights" drawn in the sand? Which rights trump which rights?

For example, my religion, in yesteryear had practiced things like animal or human sacrifice. Obviously, this is illegal now (and has been for sometime). But "sacrifice" is still a part of my religion. (Done symbolically with coins or gifts now) Is the law against human and animal sacrifice an infringement on my religious beliefs? (You can probably think of a hundred examples for varying religions)

Furthermore, is the enactment of a law in favor of one religious group an infringement of other's religious rights? For example, if we legalized fatwas, or issued burqua's, or required attendance to church on the Sabbath, Sunday, or Pagan holidays of worship. What about legalizing religious doctrine? What about creating laws that go against religious doctrine?

Where is the line, and how would you define religious discrimination, social discrimination, and civil liberties?

From;http://wwunited.org/mmpr/plan.htm

The current prison systems throughout the world are not set up to rehabilitate or correct prisoners (as correctional facilities so claim). These systems are set up to warehouse human beings so that the elite minority feels safe and secure. To keep this false sense of security, this minority supports politicians who set their political platforms on removing from our societies those by whom this powerful minority feels threatened.

Free men, who hadn't violated any US laws and were not imprisoned, boarded several planes on 9/11 and wreaked havoc with the secure feelings in which the powerful minority found peace and security. Why did these men become terrorists? Because they had no hope in obtaining equality or eliminating poverty for their friends and families in any other legal way. Neither did they understand what true freedom and democracy was all about, having never received an opportunity to learn how it could work in their favor.

All prisons should be established to educate and reform, through caring and love, those who serve time in them; giving them an example (the first they have probably ever had in their lives) of how humans should treat one another.

If we can strengthen the people and obtain the voice we need, we can transform all prisons throughout the world into schools of learning, schools of social reform, and human institutions instead of human zoos. (However, in many instances even animals in zoos are treated better than incarcerated humans.)

Leprechaun King, Verda Klanestro