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Originally Posted by Tophat665
Actually, it's absolutely accurate. By attempting to change the laws to coincide with their religious beliefs in contravention of the Constitution, and by trying to fill the court system with judges that will not see such laws as contravening the Constitution, they place their religion above their civic duty. That's religious extremism nearly by definition.
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You call it religious extremism, but what you described is no such thing. It seems as if your personal dislike for those with religious beliefs coulors your thinking. The Constitution does not ban people from having religious beliefs, nor does it ban people from acting on their beliefs. Also, what if someone had the same exact beliefs and moral set, but didn't actually practice religion, or believe in any particular religion? Would they also be a religious extremist? And maybe judges don't see a law as non-constitutional because it isnt, not because of some vast religious conspiracy. There seems to be a tactic of the left now to label any position they don't agree with that has to do with morality as a religious issue, and then try to ban people holding that belief from making their opinion known, regardless of if they are actually religious. That is how being anti-abortion can make you a religious extremist trying to subvert the Constitution, because rather than deal with the issue head on liberals desire to have the other position disqualified from being debated.
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It's that whole pesky 1st ammendment thing. There is no overt role for religion in government. It's more subtle than that though, and I didn't phrase it all that well. When individuals act from religious conviction, that's one thing. When a large group of individuals band together over many years and subordinate one of the only two viable political parties in the country to their agenda, it's rather another.
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Why is it any different? What makes religion so heinous that it should be excluded? What is religion but a belief system? There is no functional difference, but by labelling positions that they oppose as being religious, the left is able to attempt to deny a large portion of the population a voice. This has nothing to do with the first amendment, it has to do with politics.