A SCOTUS Opening

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(10-27-2020, 10:20 AM)GMDino Wrote: Dawg haven't you learned that religion does not matter and cannot be used as a reason for someone to be disqualified for a position unless it's one of "those" religions like Islam?

https://www.indy100.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-republican-muslim-bible-9678431
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-kamala-harris-sworn-bible-idUSKCN25E1UA
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-used-quran-for-oath/

And that doesn't even get into what the POTUS says.

Or the number of "anti-Sharia law" bills passed in the US.

Religion is only bad when it is not the majority religion.

I think 9/11 kind of broke our collective brains when it came to the religion of Islam. It has its issues outside of that relation with some of their traditions (such as, for example, the women covering their hair and bodies with no such restrictions on men), but by and large it's pretty similar to Judeo-Christian religions, at least on the broader strokes.

I personally think that religion should remain a personal thing and should not affect policy in any way, as they are mostly beliefs with no real factual basis, but I realize that's impossible. How do you tell a Christian to not frame their political beliefs through their perspective as a Christian? Likewise with a Muslim, Catholic, Jew etc.

So, in lieu of that, I would just encourage people to analyze everything from a critical lens, rather than an emotional or religious one. When it comes down to it, making and enforcing laws are all about the logistics. Sweeping statements work in some areas, but law isn't really one of them. Nuance is required and that's where I think a lot of laws influenced too much by religion start to suffer a bit.