Q5: Men in Black

Do the religious conflicts indicate the need for a secular society that is totally void of religion or need for equal rights and opportunities for all religions including atheism?
Kevin: Q is logically invalid – it’s an either/or, neither of which is possible.

Carolyn: It’s the first one.
Jn: I think people would prefer the second one, but it’s become the first.
Jer: I didn’t like how justices didn’t think laws should be based on morals. Where do you get your basis from?
Jn: One might say from nature. There is a natural morality, secularists would argue.
Caro: How can you define that though?
Jn: Someone who thinks they are smart would try to define that.
[comparing to Iran & govt religion rule]
Jn: I think secularism IS a religion.
Joe: Then where do you draw the line between dogma and religion? (Example – consumerism, etc.)
Ge: What do you think people want?
Jn: Where people are equally allowed to practice what they want. But some religions are mutually exclusive, as we’ve discovered in post-9/11.
Ge: And it’s the SC job to make sure people’s rights are protected.
Joe: I think it’s great that you’re such a happy-go-lucky idealist.