drumpler:
Let me get this straight.
Do you believe that parents don't have the right to determine the religious education and/or involvement of their own minor children?
So for example, you dpm't have any objection to Mormon missionaries recruiting your minor child without your knowledge or consent?
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But Mr. Ross, this last bit is an absolute statement. Where do you get it from? And whose to say their morals are "absolutely" wrong while your's is "absolutely" right?
The law.
We live in country that has laws. It is illegal to abrogate parental authority with a minor.
It is illegal to give children beer or whiskey.
It is illegal to abuse children and if you know of abuse situations and you are a doctor or helping professional suchas a licensed counselor, it is illegal not to report known abuse.
In court the right to proselytize does not include minor children. Parental rights over the minor would trump relgious rights in such a situation.
This is the way our laws and judicial system works.
Is your point that the laws somehow don't or should not apply to certain people and/or that people should be able to pick and choose which laws apply to them?
Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Moslems, Mormons, Hindus, atheists, secular humanists and whatever cults exist, all live under the same laws and regulations in communities, states and in this country.
Are you saying that some people should be above the law because of their religious beliefs?