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No, I'm saying that the basis of our laws "stealing is illegal" and "murder is illegal" should be based on secular morality, not religious morality. If there happens to be a religious teaching that says "thou shalt not steal" and "thou shalt not kill", fine and dandy. They've reached the same conclusion based on whatever THEIR morality system is (and that's a good thing) but the METHOD of getting to that point shouldn't be intertwined with the political system AT ALL. Ever. The minute we go trying to rely on religion as the basis of all moral decisions as the foundation of our laws, we're on the slippery slope of sliding down into theocracy. It has to be nipped in the bud and cannot be tolerated to any degree if our system is to work.
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