Equality Under the Law

Let me just say I am not arguing for one religion to be over another. Or that religious practices or religion or lack of religion is superior inferior or whatever. What I am arguing for is that all beliefs regardless if they are religious irreligious secular communist whatever should be allowed to petition government according to the dictates of his or her conscience.

That arguing that a persons religious beliefs do not have a equal place in society among other beliefs is essentially censorship.

I believe that all beliefs are welcome into the political process and then our elected officials then we have laws. All laws whether you realize it or not impose beliefs imposes morality. It is wrong to not pay your taxes to kill steal have sex with minors that is the morality that the government imposes on us.

Its interesting to note that the countries that have enforced public secularism found all over Europe and especially in France have the most problems with religious extremists. This French ideals of Liberté, égalité, fraternité That you can believe what ever you want as long its secular. This extreme idea is essentially what the religious extremist believes if everyone submits to Islam (which means to submit) then we could leave in peace. There are millions of Muslims in the United States they strongly disagree with the policies of the Bush administration whom many Muslim leaders endorsed in 2000. But the major difference is that we are not growing are own terrorists. Muslims in America are similar to other people of faith in the United States.

In India there are having problems with religious nationalism the BJP party is not seperating religious belief from religious practices. They are not having religious pluralism of all ideas or a pluralistic society but they are equating to be Indian is to be Hindu and that if you are not Hindu you are not Indian all others are outsiders.

Many Americans view America as a Christian nation its not. Its not a Christian nation or a secular nation its it s a nation where all beliefs are welcome into the political process. It is equality under the law. Its a nation that represents the beliefs of its people and it does not matter whether those beliefs come from religion or the Greeks and Romans L Ron Hubbard. The source of the idea is irrelevant it is the content of the idea that matters. The laws that this country makes are "imposed" on every one.

Conservatives and Liberals have different beliefs obviously but they respect their ideas have a right to be in the political process. I have different religious and ideological beliefs than others which are different than others in America but I respect their right to be in the political process. They should respect my rights whatever the source to be in the political process.