Religious freedom concerns
November
08, 2012
Religious freedom is an
entirely new issue. The issue at hand is whether people should be allowed to
express and live by their religious beliefs in public or whether the state to
ensure equality should be allowed to confine religious behavior to various
worship services.
The former is the status quo of American law. It has been held that it is an affront to force a people to go against their religious consciences. An example of this is the provision in American law that citizens of Amish or Mennonite profession do not have to serve in the armed forces because of the fact that war is against the professed beliefs of their religion.
The HHS mandate supported by governmental leaders such as Obama, Clinton, and Pelosi, proposes that Catholic Institutions in order to ensure a fair society should provide insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion inducing drugs, all of which are contrary to the professed beliefs of the Catholic Church. This hasn't been proposed before in American law. This legislation sets the precedent that religious conscience should only be respected when it does not conflict with the wishes of the state.
Such a precedent when investigated more closely would make it easier for the state to force people of other religious beliefs to go against their consciences whenever they come in conflict with the needs of the state such as forcing Mennonites engage in war for the protection of society. Such an intolerant precedent must not be taken lightly.
The former is the status quo of American law. It has been held that it is an affront to force a people to go against their religious consciences. An example of this is the provision in American law that citizens of Amish or Mennonite profession do not have to serve in the armed forces because of the fact that war is against the professed beliefs of their religion.
The HHS mandate supported by governmental leaders such as Obama, Clinton, and Pelosi, proposes that Catholic Institutions in order to ensure a fair society should provide insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion inducing drugs, all of which are contrary to the professed beliefs of the Catholic Church. This hasn't been proposed before in American law. This legislation sets the precedent that religious conscience should only be respected when it does not conflict with the wishes of the state.
Such a precedent when investigated more closely would make it easier for the state to force people of other religious beliefs to go against their consciences whenever they come in conflict with the needs of the state such as forcing Mennonites engage in war for the protection of society. Such an intolerant precedent must not be taken lightly.
Comment:
Every human
being has the right to choose their own religion. When someone has to choose
their religion, then they are already convinced that their chosen beliefs. the
most important thing is one's belief that their religion is very personal and
should never be combined with other things like business
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