Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lionti@ecs.umass.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Church and State Message-ID: Date: 30 Sep 90 23:59:28 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 34 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [lionti@ecs.umass.edu in a previous posting said that the U.S. system of government alreay has protection of the minority in it, so you should go ahead and push for what you believe in. Hal Lillywhite agreed that you should try to get the government to do what is right. Bu > government to do what is right. I am concerned however that this > could be taken as, "Vote for what you want regardless of the effect > on others." (No, I'm not accusing Eric of saying this.) Such an > attitude would be wrong, akin to the idea that we can do what we > want regardless of its effect on others. Let's assume our fair > share of the burden, not leave it all up to the supreme court. --clh] Thank you Hal for pointing out the obvious need for moderation in the points I proposed. In my article I pushed the extreme somewhat, more as a rhetorical tool than as a statement of my true beliefs. I felt the need to do this, because I often seem to see an almost "paralysis" on the part of some people to vote for what they believe in, for fear of offending some group or the Bill of Rights. I believe that the needs of the minority must of course be considered when making desicions of this kind, but that people shouldn't let this totally dominate their decisions when it comes to the political arena. Again, Thank you Hal for being "the voice of reason," and I hope that people understand that I am in no way advocating "trampling minority groups underfoot" as this would certainly be a most unchristian attitude. yours in love, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric C. McClure | | lionti@umaecs.bitnet | "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity" | Standard Disclaimer | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------