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by wanttocomment 1124 days ago
Do you think it is possible to accommodate all those religions in one government?

I agree with you that it's not a golden cow, but I typically have to question posts like this one to get that admission. Claiming authority from the constitution when you don't believe in it is a cheap rhetorical technique to appear interested in historical America when you aren't.

The main conclusion I would draw is that we have no obligation of "fairness or equality" towards every religion. Our system was built to accomodate certain kinds and those that aren't in direct conflict, it seems a pretty good compromise that's hard to work around.

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> Do you think it is possible to accommodate all those religions in one government?

I think it's possible to establish reasonable accommodation, not full accommodation, which I think your second bullet agrees with.

The bigger issue is the rank corruption done in the name of religion or other "freedoms" that abuse communities and society at large.

Sounds like we are in agreement, but I would include other non profits in that same abuse.
Certainly not improbable.