Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Freedom From Religion Trumps Freedom Of Religion

As some people in Arizona and elsewhere in the United States try to advance anti-gay policies by advocating their right for freedom of religion, they are undermining the efforts of religious organizations in trying to curtail their declining number of followers. With 1 in 5 Americans claiming no religious affiliations and that number increasing to 1 in 3 for those under 34, it seems evident that the survivability of certain religious organizations is being threatened.

Freedom of religion should never be allowed to trump freedom of the individual. There would be a lot less socially divisive issues everywhere if religious convictions were kept for home and places of worship. When will we learn that our collective best interests can only be achieved when we are governed on the basis of freedom from a religion?  

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