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Subject:	Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:56:44 GMT
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I will consider your removal of and lack of counterargument to the prior text to be agreement. I’m glad I could be so convincing. ;)

I also believe secular democracies are best. Democracies come in second. Now, I’ve never supported religion-based laws per se-- I’ve supported laws that are based on religious values. I think that there is an important distinction there. I respect no particular religion, but certainly I prefer certain values certain religions profess.

I don’t really see much difference here but it is a matter of semantics and thus purely opinion based.

Everybody gets their values from somewhere; that some get them from religion is irrelevant.

Which I think kind of defeats the thrust of your earlier argument.

But if we continue this conversation, I think it would be best to select a concrete example and examine it more closely.

JOHN

Sure. Gay civil marriage. I believe you have made your opinions on that topic quite clear before.

Tim

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		Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
(...) You were just asserting that the US was a secular demo, no? We are. But most of our FF were men of faith and our very existence was due to those who were looking to practice their religion freely, so we have an integral, religious history. (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
(...) I also believe secular democracies are best. Democracies come in second. Now, I've never supported religion-based laws per se-- I've supported laws that are based on religious values. I think that there is an important distinction there. I (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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