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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (77585)	10/16/2003 12:45:30 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

A recent post raises an interesting question. If, as you contend, a deeply held ethical belief triggers the Constitutional protection equivalent to that accorded to religious belief (a position I don't yet share, but you seem to hold), does such an ethical position have to be at least somewhat broadly held in order to be accepted as equivalent to an established religious belief for purposes of constitutional protection? If a person is the only person in the US to hold a certain ethical belief, but it is deeply rooted in them, are they entitled to constitional protection for their belief? Perhaps their belief is repugnant to our society, but one has to acknowledge that it is deeply held. Is it entitled to protection?