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But I do not believe they should be working to put their version of 'morality' into law for everyone. At one time Catholics forbid eating meat on Friday under pain of mortal sin. Should this have been made into a law?

There are many other religions that have their version of morality. Hindus believing in the holiness of cows come immediately to mind. Should we impose laws based on that morality. How about Mormons wearing sacred underwear?

Morality is a legitimate concern of religion. They should impose their morality on their adherents and not on their non-adherents through the state.

And no I am not arguing for murder. Only a small number see abortion before viability as murder, especially in the cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother. Right now on the front page here we have a story of a woman whose life was put in danger by a Wisconsin hospital who refused to do the right procedure after a miscarriage.

There will now be daily stories of women dying or being damaged for life because some religion seeks to impose their morality on those who are not their adherents.

I was raised Catholic. A lot of the schlock that they sold as their morality was bigotry disguised as morality.

And let me add that the Church is a huge business. Much of what I learned serving those masses and other activities is that one thing the Catholic Church was interested in was money. I see no reason why they can't be taxed like other businesses who work to enact laws in their favor.

Sorry if I seem harsh.

As Jesus said - "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's" Or as we might say - stay in your lane.