Lawyering Up: Class 9, Wed, Period 2

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When class began Nathan was there with his usual handouts. He noted which of his students was missing and was not happy about it.

"First Amendment today," Nathan said. "Freedom of Religion, to be precise. Here we have separation of church and state. Some countries don't and say it's no big deal. You know the drill: pair up, pick a side, argue it."

[ooc: wait for OCD is up!]

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Re: Classwork (3/12/08)

[multiplez]

"So that makes me anti-separation, which is kind of funny considering I haven't been to confession in about two years," Z said. "Still, I think I can work it."

Re: Classwork (3/12/08)

[not_in_the_book]

"Well, clearly," Ronan said, launching right into his argument, "that just goes to show exactly why church and state should be separate. When a religion is part and parcel of the government, it excludes members of other religions from having an equal say in the workings of that government -- or those people who are part of the state, yet follow no religion at all."

Way to give the girl warning there, Ronan.

Re: Classwork (3/12/08)

[multiplez]

Z recovered quickly, which possibly came of having a brain that could handle multiple inputs at once. "I don't see how what I said supports your argument at all. Clearly the state needs something to inform its moral values, or it'll all go straight to hell."

Re: Classwork (3/12/08)

[not_in_the_book]

"But what gives the values of one religion any more importance than the other religions followed by a state's populace?" Ronan asked. "Nothing. There is no 'one true way', and so there is no one absolute set of moral values that should be imposed on a given state. That is not to say that I am advocating a moral-less state; on the contrary, I believe that all religions should have the right to share there views, and at the very least share a common moral ground between them that would form the basis of the moral hand of the law. Beyond that I believe that individual religions should see to themselves." He grinned. "In fact," he added, "by working together to see what they have in common, many of these religions may start to see that they're not all that different, after all."