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BitaTruble -> RE: Troubling texts? (6/13/2008 7:57:57 PM)
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ORIGINAL: kdsub
No I don't but I guess I could search...But I'd be willing to bet human sacrifice would be one... as well as forced sex with children... The forcible mutilation of female body parts for religious purposes. I don't think there is a right to kill your child because they go out with a man you don't approve of. I'm pretty sure you can't throw rocks until death at a woman that has been unfaithful to her husband. I believe it is against the law to kill homosexuals in this country....I could think of more with time I'm sure.
I don't mean this post to be disrespectful in any way...I just thought things like the above did not need to be researched to be reasonable sure they are true.
Butch
Well, now, are you talking about laws in which the teachings are actually applied or laws regarding teaching the subjects themselves? You believe there is a ban on teaching human sacrifice so can I assume that 'eating the body of Christ' and 'drinking the blood of Christ' as is taught in many parochial schools would come under that definition? I mean, it's cannabalism, right? Doesn't that require human sacrifice? And, mutilating genitalia for religious purpose sure sounds like a Jewish bris to me. One of your examples is TOSable so I'm not going to address it but stoning a woman to death, killing homosexuals, sacrificing your child on God's command are all Old Testament and that's taught all the time. It's just not practiced in this country. Are you suggesting that teaching and practicing what you've been taught are one in the same thing?
The Bible is often used as a textbook in private schools .. which parts should be stricken from being taught? God's mass murder of almost the entire population of the planet during the great flood or maybe just the demolition of S & G since that was only two cities. Maybe the scripture where it's suggested that if your eye offends you should pluck it out? Gotta love a little self-mutilation, right? Which of your religious teachings are you willing to give up because to others they may sound barbaric?
I did a search after your post and couldn't find any case law anywhere which supported it. I did, however, find several that countered it including several Supreme Court cases, so, yes, when you make statements of fact you should be able to support them or expect to be questioned.
You can hold the opinion that Islamic private schools should not be allowed to teach their students the religion of their choice, but there are no laws on the books which prevent it and several on the books which support it even if, to you, they sound monstrous.
I'm still willing to read any cites you care to provide though if you want to continue. I'm a pretty good researcher but not infallible so I might have missed a way to google that you would not miss.
I found several case laws so the sources would have to have some sort of equivilant stature to at least state level Supreme Court or Appellate court decisions.
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