That's what I meant in my earlier post when I said I don't really want separation of Church & State.
So you want a religious state? But according to which church? Whose rules? And what about people who may still practice religion but whose religion does not have the exact same principles? What about people with no religion at all?
I've seen people disapprove of Islamic states. Isn't this just the same thing, but with a different religion?
I would want no part of any state which incorporates religious values into its laws, precisely because I value diversity.
Edit: I see Doranwen said it much better than I did:
When beliefs and government mix (and someone decides to turn their beliefs into a country's laws), someone *always* gets deprived of rights (whether those beliefs are associated with a church or not).
Exactly!
Wendy
