David Baltierra
4/1/14
Religious Exemptions, Religious Liberty
First of all the United States is one of the most religiously diverse nations on this
planet. We have a vast array of traditions that live here in a harmony that would
be unthinkable in any other country. Second thing is America has fostered and
protected this diversity by nurturing a robust understanding of religious liberty
and giving certain exemption to people of all race, color, gender who need them
in situations where legislative or executive acts might otherwise unnecessarily
force them to violate their consciences. Over the years this exemptions have
help or protected a wide variety of believers, like the Quakers who cannot fight
in wars, Muslims who cannot transport alcohol, and during prohibition,
Catholics and Jews who use wine in their religious rituals. Some of the
government's supporters, like the freedom from religion foundation have
offered the high court in amicus brief an even more extreme argument. This
claim that the whole practice of religious exemption constitutes an
unconstitutional establishment of religion. In a federal case like the civil-rights
law of religious freedom restoration act protects people of all faiths, and there
are not automatic just because the government is always permitted to show
that it has compelling reasons to deny the exemptions. I feel that this is a great
country and I love living here, but the one of the things that I do not like is that
it seems to me that there is so much law. In other words what ma trying to say
is the government should leave us along and not mead into our business so
much.
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