Religious Arbitration

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by flacaltenn

Thanks officer.. It won't happen again.. I'm gonna play doctor next.

Ya know... I was thinking here that a sly religious court COULD request your extradition to a favorable Sharia country for the verdict to be carried out.. That would be a prob for folks that abided by the compact.

That would NEVER happen.

A couple of examples of how hands off our court system is with religious questions is the decision by the goofball Fla. pastor who burned the Koran. The administration did utilize the bully pulpit, but that is IMHO an appropriate response. The goofball was expressing his bigotry, the the administration expressed the view that that behavior is not who we are as a nation, but he was not subjected to any official coercion.

A sadder example, but probably the correct decision is that the Neanderthals from Topeka had the right to express their hateful message without being subject to damages. The point has been made before that popular religious expression and popular speech are not in great need of First Amendment protection - it's the ones pushing the envelope that are at risk.

Regards,

D-Ray