2007-11-13 08:16:36 · 17 answers · asked by primary_chem 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By this thinking, would not voting be better?
2007-11-13 08:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not anymore then enforcing perverted interpretations of separation of church and state interferes with and oppresses those that believe in a God. Atheists want it both ways. They want to oppress those that believe in God and then try to act like they are being persecuted by religious zealots. Voting only explains ones values to which religion may play a role. It does not oppress anyone. Perhaps their values are contrary to yours. Explain how an Atheist is oppressed. Explain your need to oppress. Hypocrisy is ignorance. Get over the fact that some people believe in God. Quit trying to change that and accept it. Believe it or not but your not the first one that has rejected the idea of a God and wont be the last. Suck it up and drive on.
2007-11-13 08:27:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all religious preferences are oppressive but some are. I have many religious beliefs but I do not think that my government should advocate all of them. The government though should advocate some of them. Such as, "Do not murder." I realize this basic human morality but it is also a religious preference or moral that i live by as well.
Case in point, when I lived in Arkansas and the State Marriage Amendment came up to define marriage as one man and one woman, I decided to vote against it.
2007-11-13 08:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Voting to enact legislation which legally enforces purely religious standards is a violation of the First Amendment. We all have the right to vote, that's true, but these kinds of initiatives shouldn't even make it onto the chopping block.
2007-11-13 08:20:10 · answer #4 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is exercising your right to vote, however, such things as gay marriage and abortion should not be left to voting, it's just common sense for people to have that option before us. If straight people can get married, why can't homosexuals get married? They're people, right? And if a woman wants an abortion, come Hell or high water she'll get a damn abortion, so might as well make it as safe as possible, no?
Anyway, hope this helps! ^_^
2007-11-13 08:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Just as voting to enforce your own secular preferences does not mean you are opressing others.
FYI - my tax dollars pay for abortions...and I'm pro-life. How is that okay when my tax-dollars cannot fund anything religious?
2007-11-13 08:25:48 · answer #6 · answered by Misty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DENNIS: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
ARTHUR: Be quiet!
DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
ARTHUR: Shut up! Will you shut up!
DENNIS: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!
ARTHUR: Bloody peasant!
DENNIS: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that, eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me, you saw it didn't you?
2007-11-13 08:22:06 · answer #7 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there is a right to vote and all that goodness...but if you are enforcing your own religion on others then i think that you should definately not do that...forcing anything on anyone that isnt willing is a terribly nazi thing to do
2007-11-13 08:21:28 · answer #8 · answered by Kiril 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
voting just enforces politicians view that whatever they get up to is sanctioned...it just massages their egos, check 'none of the above'
any vote will be a selfish one, but thankfully MOST people are poor and underprivilaged...unfortunatly in america most seem to be christian.
2007-11-13 08:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by GEISHA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This country was founded on freedom "of" religion, not freedom "from" religion.
It is also designed around the concept that majority rules. If the majority espouses Christian values, so be it. That's the country you have chosen to live in.
If you or others therefore feel oppressed, do what other oppress people in other countries do. Become a refuge in another country.
2007-11-13 08:20:18 · answer #10 · answered by doug 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋