FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Themes for the appeal

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: August 5, 2010 6:01:26 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion Group Discussion Group <hidisc [at] 
> humanistinstitute.org>
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> Judge Walker's decision on Prop. 8 is indeed momentous. This critique from 
> Albert Mohler suggests some of the arguments in the appeal. It also show the 
> moral pretensions of a large bloc of US Christian, Jewish, and Muslim 
> religionists. Most of the things he rejects as arguments (he calls them 
> <secularization>) are well-established social facts. They thus figure more 
> strongly in determining human rights than personal opinions of voters. Parts 
> of the country would still have poll taxes and segregation if the prejudices 
> of local voters could remain enshrined in law.
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> http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/augustweb-only/41.41.0.html?start=1
> 
> Bob
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