jrw@princeton.UUCP (Jeffrey Westbrook) (09/30/86)
In article <5407@decwrl.DEC.COM> arndt@lymph.dec.com.UUCP writes: >Jan.20,2005 This morning the Supreme Court ruled upholding the >constitutionality of the laws in 37 states calling for the arrest and >execution of all homosexuals or those convicted of homosexual acts. > > [. . .some stuff about society gone mad. . .] > >My modest response to all this is that while I believe, because of religious >conviction, that these executions are actually MURDER, I feel I must not >oppose the law and if I become a public servant I must uphold the law! I don't >want to force MY religious convictions down anyone's throat! > >A question: What's wrong with my modest response?? >********************8 > >By the way, this is exactly - as given in a speech at Notre Dame - the position >of Mario Coumo on the issue of abortion! > >Ken Arndt What is the point of all this? You have dreamed up a scary situation that presumably few if any of us agree with (i.e. the execution of homosexuals), but what does this have to do with the legitimate question of whether or not a public servant has the right to impose his or her particular religious beliefs on the society he serves? I found this annoying. jrw