Posted
4/10/2008 05:14:00 PM
by Douglas
There's a fine line between "doing whatever the hell you want to" and
religious freedom.A Santeria priest who lost a federal challenge alleging Euless' ban on animal slaughter encroached on his right to practice religion in his home is appealing the case.
"The First Amendment was written to protect the ability of all faiths to worship in their own homes and in their own way," Kevin "Seamus" Hasson, founder and president of the Becket Fund, a Washington-based civil rights law firm, said in a news release. "People of all faiths should be concerned when the government says someone cannot practice their religion in their own home."
I like cabrito as much as the next guy, but isn't there a line to draw here somewhere? If I need the blood of a virgin gopher spit on a 13 year old figure skater in front of the Harlem Globetrotters, then my religion isn't really being oppressed, is it?
First step to keep your church from being oppressed? Quit being so damn weird.