I agree.
I am a Christian, myself.
I am all about prostelyzing by trying to "convince" someone to accept the ballpark of my beliefs, but legislating morality doesnt make them believe... plus it goes against the very idea of freedom that I stand for. Freedom OF religion offers freedom FROM religion by proxy.
Once folks make laws so others have to conform to their religious beliefs or get thrown in prison...its a small leap to go from jailing them to killing them. Not that this would actually happen in the US, but you see my point of how zealots can think, and more people have been slaughtered over religion than anything else...it's crazy!
Of course that doesnt mean I am not against laws criminalizing immoral things that could be dangerous to society, but thats another discussion.
I am a Christian, myself.
I am all about prostelyzing by trying to "convince" someone to accept the ballpark of my beliefs, but legislating morality doesnt make them believe... plus it goes against the very idea of freedom that I stand for. Freedom OF religion offers freedom FROM religion by proxy.
Once folks make laws so others have to conform to their religious beliefs or get thrown in prison...its a small leap to go from jailing them to killing them. Not that this would actually happen in the US, but you see my point of how zealots can think, and more people have been slaughtered over religion than anything else...it's crazy!
Of course that doesnt mean I am not against laws criminalizing immoral things that could be dangerous to society, but thats another discussion.