The child-sacrifice argument is a blatant red herring - and by blatant, I mean a ripe, smelly one. Our laws protect children because they, like everyone else, have rights - including to life - that can not be abridged for the sake of someone else's religious, or any other form of, liberty.
Re 'that "separation of church and state" have become nothing more than political buzzwords', I agree to an extent. It is used by some to attack religion, rather than simply to keep government out of it. But there are also MANY religious people in this country who firmly believe that it is a principle that is crucial to the maintenance of our religious freedom. Many also firmly believe that it is everyone's right to be "angry at God" as you suggest Solon is, to simply not believe, or to not believe and speak out against religion. Only when they infringe upon the religious rights of others, or start passing laws to do the same, do they violate the principles of our Constitution. And that goes for the religious as well as the anti-religious. |
